Legal Opinion
Evans v. Verdini
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 18, 2006No. 05-2272PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
John Evans was convicted in Massachusetts state court of the first-degree murder of Lyle Jackson and was sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was affirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). See Commonwealth v. Evans, 439 Mass. 184, 786 N.E.2d 375, 380 (Mass. 2003). His subsequent petition in federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. See Evans v. Verdini, No. Civ.A. 04-10323, 2005 WL 1638119, at *3 (D.Mass. Jul.13, 2005).
Evans appeals from that denial. He argues that the exclusion of certain de fense witness testimony concerning a…
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- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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