Legal Opinion
Lewis H. Dickerson v. Arthur Latessa
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 25, 1989No. 88-1764PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Lewis H. Dickerson appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982).
Dickerson’s petition challenges on equal protection grounds the so-called “gatekeeper” provision of Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. ch. 278, § 33E (1981). Under that provision, a defendant like Dickerson who was convicted of a capital offense in a Massachusetts court is not entitled, following direct appeal, to appellate review of the denial of a post-conviction motion “unless the appeal is allowed by a single justice of the supreme…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by25 opinions
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