Legal Opinion
John Joseph Kerrigan v. Palmer C. Scafati, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 20, 1966No. 6677PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus to reverse his conviction for murder. After a lengthy history of prior litigation, 1 he charges that fatal error was committed by receiving into evidence statements, exculpatory in intent but inculpatory in fact because of their falsity, which he made to the police without having been advised of his rights to counsel and to silence, in violation of the principles of Escobedo v. State of Illinois, 1965, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977.
The facts are well set forth in detail in the opinion of Judge Ford in 247 F.Supp.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Richard Clinton Van DusenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Mottram v. MurchDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1971
- Commonwealth v. KerriganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Michaud v. RobbinsDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1967
- Small v. RobbinsDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1966