Legal Opinion
Smiley v. Maloney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 2, 2005No. 04-1488PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
A Massachusetts Superior Court jury convicted Tabue Smiley of first-degree felony murder, illegal possession of a firearm, kidnaping, and armed assault in connection with a joint venture to rob a drug dealer which ended with one person dead and two others wounded. Smiley appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas petition, challenging the first-degree murder conviction with claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in the pre-trial proceedings. Since the state court decision affirming his conviction was neither contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Nazzaro Scarpa v. Larry E. Dubois, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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