Legal Opinion
Stewart
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 9, 1992PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The petitioner, Robert E. Stewart, appeals from the order of a single justice of this court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
The procedural history of this case is long and repetitive. On November 18, 1974, the petitioner was convicted by a Superior Court jury on indictments for armed assault in a dwelling house (G. L. c. 265, § 18A [1990 ed.]) and murder in the second degree (G. L. c. 265, § 1 [1990 ed.]).1 The trial judge sentenced him to two consecutive life terms in prison, to run from and after the completion of a prison term which he was serving in New…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Morey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Nelson v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- AverettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PowerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Doyle v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Stewart v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Glawson v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Valliere v. Superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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