JAMES v. MARSHALL

No. 02-1352.

322 F.3d 103 (2003)

Steven JAMES, Petitioner, Appellant, v. John MARSHALL, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Sheketoff, for appellant.

Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, with whom Jame J. Arguin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

After a Massachusetts Superior Court jury convicted Steven James of first degree murder and related assault charges for the 1994 death of Edward Sullivan, he was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed the convictions. James then petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the admissibility of his videotaped confession. The district...

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