Legal Opinion
Sleeper v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 5, 2007No. 06-2477PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARBADORO, District Judge.
Joseph Sleeper was convicted of first degree murder in Massachusetts Superior Court. The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed Sleeper’s conviction, Commonwealth v. Sleeper, 435 Mass. 581, 760 N.E.2d 693, 713 (2002), and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Sleeper v. Spencer, 453 F.Supp.2d 204, 223 (D.Mass.2006). The sole ground certified for appeal is Sleeper’s claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney promised in his opening statement to present an…
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