Legal Opinion
Connor v. Picard
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 16, 1970No. Misc. Civ. No. 68-88-GPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARRITY, District Judge.
Petitioner for habeas corpus, Connor, and a codefendant Landry were found *844guilty on March 25, 1966 of murder in the first degree of Davis. The crime was committed on May 1, 1965. The jury recommended that the death penalty not be imposed and petitioner is serving a life sentence. Codefendants named Doherty were found guilty of being accessories. Petitioner’s conviction was affirmed on appeal, Commonwealth v. Doherty, 353 Mass. 197, 229 N.E.2d 267, decided August 22,1967.
The petition for habeas corpus asserts seven numbered grounds for relief, but without…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Connor v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- State v. PurringtonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971