District Court, D. Massachusetts March 30, 2012, Civil Action No. 10-12138-WGY (Dominguez v. Duval)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WILLIAM G. YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

After a 2006 trial in the Massachusetts Superior Court, sitting in and for the county of Suffolk, a jury convicted Carlos Dominguez (“Dominguez”) of second-degree murder and the judge presiding sentenced him to life in prison. Pet. Writ Habeas Corpus Pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Habeas Pet.”), Mem.