Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Dickhaut
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 27, 2012No. 10-1208PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal arising from a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition, David Morgan challenges his Massachusetts state court conviction of first degree murder. Morgan argues that the district court erred in dismissing his petition because the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) applied a beyond a reasonable doubt standard contrary to that articulated by the Supreme Court in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), in evaluating his claim that there was insufficient evidence presented at trial to support his conviction. Alternatively, Morgan…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- McCambridge v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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