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Date: 06-10-2022
Case Style:
Kyle Watkins v. Sean Medeiros
Case Number:
Judge: Allison D. Burroughs
Court: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder.
Petitioner Kyle Watkins was
convicted in Massachusetts state court on June 2, 2005 after a
jury trial of first-degree murder for the shooting of Paul Coombs
on April 26, 2003. The Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") affirmed
his conviction. Commonwealth v. Watkins, 41 N.E.3d 10, 28 (Mass.
2015). His federal habeas petition was denied by the U.S. District
Court. Watkins v. Medeiros, No. 16-cv-10891, 2020 WL 68245, at *1
(D. Mass. Jan. 7, 2020). Watkins timely appealed.
Outcome: Affirmed.
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