Legal Opinion
Jayne Carbone v. United States of America
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 22, 2025No. 1:25-cv-11096Unknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS 20-cr-10048-RGS 25-cv-11096-RGS JAYNE CARBONE, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent ORDER ON PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR RELIEF UNDER
28 U.S.C. § 2255
October 23, 2025 STEARNS, D.J. Petitioner Jayne Carbone has filed a pro se motion under
28 U.S.C. § 2255
requesting that the court vacate her conviction. Carbone makes two arguments for relief under section 2255 – that Carbone’s victim, Wayne Kerr, was mentally incompetent to testify at his pretrial deposition (which was later admitted at trial); and that her counsel rendered…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- David v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Mohammed Y. ButtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Harold Omar Mack v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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