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First Circuit· 5/11/2009

Pina v. Maloney

Citations

  • 565 F.3d 48
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 10038
  • 2009 WL 1285532

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • opting to “by-pass the threshold question of whether there has been a state court merits adjudication” when the state court judge “commented[ed] briefly on the merits” of petitioner’s claim
  • relying on facts as recounted by SJC supplemented with other facts in the record consistent with SJC’s decision
  • choosing to “by-pass the threshold question of whether there has been a state court merits adjudication” where the state court “comment[ed] briefly on the merits” of petitioner’s claim
  • “Under these circumstances, counsel’s decision to pursue a defense of misidentification, rather than an alibi defense, can only be viewed as a reasonable, tactical decision.”

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Judges: Boudin, Farris, Howard

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