Legal Opinion
Norman L. Longval v. Lawrence R. Meachum
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 19, 1981No. 80-1503PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Norman Longval appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts denying his petition for habeas corpus. The petition challenged Longval’s original forty to fifty-year prison sentence as an unconstitutional punishment for his exercise of the right to trial. We reverse and remand for resentencing de novo.
Longval was indicted jointly with Richard T. Ellard and Kenneth M. Golden on two charges of armed robbery of a pharmacy, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, unlawfully carrying a sawed-off…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States Ex Rel. Elksnis v. GilliganDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Thomas Worcester v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. HeldtCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Ross Caudill v. Arnold R. JagoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Norman L. Longval v. Lawrence R. MeachumCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Charles WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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