Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. Dickhaut
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 15, 2011No. Civil No. 08-11392-NMGPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
I. Background
This habeas petition arises out of petitioner’s habitual offender conviction returned on October 15, 2002, in Massachusetts Superior Court.
A. State court proceedings
On October 11, 2002, a jury in the Massachusetts Superior Court for Middlesex County convicted Dennis Fletcher (“Fletcher”) of breaking and entering and larceny. After a bench trial a few days later, he was found to be an habitual criminal, under M.G.L. c. 279, § 25 (“the habitual offender statute”), and sentenced to a term of between 10 and 20 years imprisonment. He is…
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