DeLONG v. Brady

MEMORANDUM 'AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Joseph DeLong, acting pro se, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Section 2254 of Title 28 of the United States Code. DeLong seeks to vacate his conviction for Armed Robbery under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 265 Section 17.1, for which he was sentenced to ten to fifteen years in prison.

DeLong alleges that the Massachusetts Appeals Court erred by upholding the Superior Court’s decision to admit prior bad acts evidence. DeLong Mem. in Supp. of App. for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“DeLong Mem.”) at 32-33 [Doc.…