United States Ex Rel. Jackson v. Washington

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner Jamie Jackson seeks a writ of habeas corpus based on two claims: (1) petitioner’s Sixth Amendment rights were violated because his trial counsel was ineffective for a number of reasons; and (2) petitioner’s Eighth Amendment rights were violated when he was sentenced to a term of natural life for the offense of first degree murder. Petitioner was convicted of murdering a gas station attendant during a robbery by striking the victim on the head with a gas cylinder.

After petitioner’s conviction following a bench trial, but before…