Broom v. Commonwealth of Mass

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS _______________________________________ ) ELDRICK BROOM, ) ) CIVIL ACTION Petitioner, ) ) NO. 16-40124-TSH v. ) ) COMMONWEALTH OF ) MASSACHUSETTS, ) ) Respondent. ) ______________________________________ ) ORDER AND MEMORANDUM ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (Docket No. 1) July 23, 2019 HILLMAN, D.J. In 2013, a jury found Eldrick Broom (“Broom”) guilty of first-degree murder, on theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder with aggravated rape as the predicate felony.1 On June 13, 2016, the Supreme Judicial Court…