Legal Opinion
Torres v. Dennehy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 27, 2010No. 09-1522PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Alberto Torres was indicted for murder in Massachusetts Superior Court in May 1997 for causing the death of his girlfriend’s fifteen-month-old child in October 1996 and for charges growing out of the alleged abuse of her two other children. An autopsy of the deceased child revealed a weeks-old broken leg; bruising over most of his body; and significant internal injuries, including a tear of the small intestine likely caused by a single blow “of massive force” roughly twelve hours before his death. Torres was tried by a jury, found guilty of murder and sentenced to life…
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