Hyatt v. Gelb, No. 15-2404 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial in a Massachusetts state court, Appellant was found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and other offenses. The appeals court affirmed. Appellant later filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254, arguing that the state courts failed to apply the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Snyder v. Massachusetts and violated his due process and equal protection rights in denying his request to be present during the jury view of the crime scene. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that the appeals court’s decision did not contradict, nor was it an unreasonable application of, Snyder.
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