Michael C. Tuitt v. Michael Fair, Massachusetts Commissioner of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Michael C. Tuitt appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). Arguing on appeal that the district court erred in withholding habeas relief, Tuitt emphasizes the following purported errors by the Massachusetts Superior Court that convicted him. He says the superior court infringed his Sixth Amendment right to counsel when it denied his requests for a continuance and for substitute counsel. He says that the superior court…
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