Legal Opinion
John Tarrant v. Joseph Ponte
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 4, 1985No. 84-1392PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal regarding habeas corpus relief granted in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the Massachusetts Superior Court for, inter alia, two counts of armed robbery. The district court, 586 F.Supp 1369, set aside the conviction and sentence on one of these counts as violative of the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment, and the Commonwealth now appeals from that order.
The facts are as follows. On October 19, 1976, petitioner John Tarrant accosted Judith Van Sprewenburg as…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Neil R. Cola v. Charles H. Reardon, Sheriff of Essex CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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