Legal Opinion
Desrosier v. Bissonnette
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 14, 2007No. 06-2490PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Richard R. Desrosier appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that he did not knowingly or intelligently plead guilty to second-degree murder in Massachusetts Superior Court because he had not been adequately informed of the elements of the offense. We affirm.
Desrosier was indicted on one count each of first- and second-degree murder for killing a young woman in Worcester in April 1990. As related by the Commonwealth at the plea hearing, the evidence against him included the testimony of an acquaintance…
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