District Court, D. Massachusetts March 3, 2003, CIV.A.01-11693-WGY (Restucci v. Spencer)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

Petitioner William Restucci (“Restucci”) has brought a pro se petition for habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Con

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struing his petition liberally, as the Court must, Restucci’s claims are threefold: 1) he argues that his guilty plea to manslaughter was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary; 2) he submits that his lawyer’s performance