Jackson v. Marshall

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioner David Jackson (“Jackson”) brings a petition asking the Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking reversal of his convictions in the Massachusetts Superior Court sitting in and for the County of Suffolk of murder in the first degree, armed robbery, and burglary. He contends that he was deprived of his federal constitutional right to due process when the Commonwealth failed to disclose material promises, rewards, and inducements made to its key witness, Stephen Olbinsky (“Olbinsky”); when the state…