Facey v. Gelb

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-14079-GAO VALENTINO FACEY, Petitioner, v. BRUCE GLEB, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER July 6, 2018 O’TOOLE, D.J. The petitioner, Valentino Facey (“Facey”), was convicted of first degree murder and related crimes by a jury in Middlesex Superior Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. The charges arose from the fatal shooting of Bernard Johnson (“the victim”) in August 2006. Facey and Walter Norris, the shooter and Facey’s co-defendant, were tried jointly and both were convicted of first degree murder on theories of…