Clayton M. Bryant v. George A. Vose, Jr., Superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional Institution

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Clayton M. Bryant, asks us to reverse dismissal of his writ of habeas corpus. He claims two errors of constitutional dimension in his Massachusetts murder trial: admission of an involuntary oral confession made without the benefit of Miranda warnings, along with its “fruit”, a subsequent written confession, and ineffective assistance of counsel. We reject both of these claims, and affirm dismissal of the writ.

I. Background

The facts of this case are set forth comprehensively in the opinion of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 390 Mass. 729, 459 N.E.2d…