Legal Opinion
James v. Lajoie
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 3, 2008No. Civil 3:05cv32 (JBA)Published
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge.
Petitioner Latone James, currently confined at MacDougall Correctional Institution in Suffield, Connecticut, brings this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges his conviction for felony murder. For the reasons set forth below, his Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [Doc. # 35] is denied.
I. Procedural Background
On October 28, 1996, in the Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of Waterbury, a jury found the Petitioner guilty of one count of robbery in…
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