Legal Opinion
John v. Russo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 2, 2009No. 06-2594PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Dwight John appeals from the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition. John was convicted in Massachusetts Superior Court (state trial court) of first-degree murder of Lezmore Buffong 1 and is serving a sentence of life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). Commonwealth v. John, 442 Mass. 329, 812 N.E.2d 1218 (2004). John argues that the federal court erroneously denied his petition because his conviction was based on a confession for which he had been granted informal immunity. We reject this claim and…
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