Legal Opinion
McCambridge v. Hall
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 29, 2000No. Civ.A. 99-10259 WGYPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
John M. McCambridge (“McCam-bridge”) petitions this Court for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Convicted of manslaughter on January 20, 1995; McCambridge is currently serving a sentence of fifteen to twenty years in state prison. In his petition before this Court (the “Petition”), McCambridge contends that his detention is unlawful because the Massachusetts Superior Court (1) failed to instruct the jury on the defense of necessity, and (2) the prosecutor improperly withheld material exculpatory evidence. See Pet. at ¶ 12.…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- McCambridge v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- McCambridge v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002