Francis Pierce v. State of NH

Francis Pierce v. State of NH CV-96-065-B 04/17/97 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Francis Pierce, Jr. v. Civil No. 96-065-B State of New Hampshire MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Francis Pierce was convicted of aggravated felonious sexual assault and felonious sexual assault in New Hampshire Superior Court on August 4, 1993. On February 1 , 1996, Pierce filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in this court asserting that his conviction was improper because: (1) the prosecutor improperly withheld exculpatory evidence; (2) trial counsel improperly failed to give Pierce…