Legal Opinion

Derrick Wash. v. Spencer

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 30, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION No. 12–10466–WGYPublished

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAM G. YOUNG, DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioner Derrick Washington ("Washington") is a state prisoner who was convicted of murder and a number of accompanying crimes in the Massachusetts Superior Court, sitting in and for the County of Hampden on February 26, 2007. Washington petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 asserting two claims1 relevant to this proceeding: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to argue to suppress certain evidence ("claim 1"); and (2) ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to the exclusion…

2Cases cited9 opinions

Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
Duncan v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
Weaver v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
Norton v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
Donovan v. State of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002

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