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JOHNSON v. HALL

Civ. A. No. 76-2869-T.

465 F.Supp. 516 (1979)

Ronald L. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Frank A. HALL et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Berkin, Dorchester, Mass., for petitioner.

John P. Corbett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Barbara A. H. Smith, Boston, Mass., for respondents.

OPINION

TAURO, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus,1 challenging his 1964 conviction in the Massachusetts Superior Court of a number of charges, including murder in the first degree of a Boston policeman.2 At trial, petitioner's confession was admitted in evidence. The admission of that confession underlies the instant petition.

I.

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