JOHNSON v. MAHONEY

No. 04-1745.

424 F.3d 83 (2005)

Donnell JOHNSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. William MAHONEY, Daniel Keeler, Defendants, Appellees, The City of Boston and Paul F. Evans, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Sibbison for appellant.

James W. Simpson Jr. with whom Douglas I. Louison and Merrick, Louison & Costello, LLP were on brief for appellee, William Mahoney.

John P. Roache, Esq. with whom Hogan, Roache & Malone was on brief for appellee, Daniel Keeler.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Convicted after a jury trial in the Massachusetts Juvenile Court of first degree murder and related offenses, Donnell Johnson was sentenced to 18 to 20 years for the fatal shooting of a nine-year-old boy in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He appealed unsuccessfully to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC"). Five years into Johnson's sentence, the District Attorney nolle prossed Johnson's convictions in light...

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