Legal Opinion
Ortiz v. Dubois
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 28, 1994No. 93-1656PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge. "
This is an appeal from the denial of a habeas petition filed by Juan Ortiz challenging his Massachusetts felony-murder conviction. Appellant argues that his right to due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment was violated because: (1) the jury was not instructed to find all of the essential elements of felony-murder beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed his felony-murder conviction applying a legal theory not presented to the jury; ' and (3) there was insufficient evidence to support his felony-murder…
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