Vinnie v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institute, Norfolk

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**1007 In 1993, Raymond P. Vinnie was convicted of murder in the first degree. After plenary review, we affirmed the conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial. Commonwealth v. Vinnie , 428 Mass. 161 , 698 N.E.2d 896 , cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1007 , 119 S.Ct. 523 , 142 L.Ed.2d 434 (1998), overruled on another ground by Commonwealth v. Paulding , 438 Mass. 1 , 777 N.E.2d 135 (2002). In 2016, Vinnie filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to G. L. c. 248, § 1, in the county court, arguing that he was unlawfully imprisoned pursuant to a void mittimus. A single…