Stewart v. Coalter

48 F.3d 610

Gary STEWART, Petitioner, Appellee,

v.

William COALTER, Respondent, Appellant.

No. 94-1626.

United States Court of Appeals,

First Circuit.

Heard Aug. 2, 1994.

Decided Feb. 28, 1995.

William J. Meade, Asst. Atty. Gen., Criminal Bureau, with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for respondent.

Patricia A. O'Neill, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Public Counsel Div., Boston, MA, for petitioner.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

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Gary Stewart was convicted by a jury in Massachusetts Superior Court of second degree murder. After the Supreme…