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- Title: James v. Marshall
- Author : First Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 14, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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After a Massachusetts Superior Court jury convicted Steven James of first degree murder and related assault charges for the 1994 death of Edward Sullivan, he was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed the convictions. James then petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the admissibility of his videotaped confession. The district court denied James's petition. We affirm. I.