Legal Opinion
Clements v. Clarke
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 31, 2009No. Civil Action 03-10377-GAOPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
O’TOOLE, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The petitioner, Jason Clements, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Clements and his co-defendant, Kenneth Mattox, were tried jointly in the Massachusetts Superior Court on multiple charges arising from the fatal shooting of one Gregory Tillery on January 30, 1995, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The jury convicted Clements of murder in the second degree as a joint venturer and armed assault with intent to murder as a principal, as well as unlicensed possession of a firearm. Mattox, Clements’ alleged joint venturer,…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Clements v. ClarkeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- Clements v. ClarkeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010