Legal Opinion
Owens v. Scafati
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 13, 1967No. Civ. Misc. 67-39PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAFFREY, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought by Edward F. Owens, presently an inmate of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, against Palmer C. Scafati, Superintendent of the Institution.
The petition recites that Owens was found guilty after a jury trial in Suffolk Superior Court and that concurrent sentences were imposed on March 12, 1965 for the crimes of armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts affirmed the convictions in an opinion handed down on April 28, 1966, Commonwealth v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. PoppittDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1964
- Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- United States v. Robert ViggianoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. EstersDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1972
- People v. FranksMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
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