Legal Opinion

Hannon v. Allen

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided January 22, 2003No. CIV.A. 02-10582MLWPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, District Judge.

I. SUMMARY

The plaintiff, Francis Hannon, was convicted of murder by a Pennsylvania state court in 1978. His direct appeal was ultimately denied in 1981. In 1991, Hannon filed a petition for post-conviction relief based on newly discovered exculpatory evidence.

Hannon has been moved from a prison in Pennsylvania to several other prisons pursuant to the Interstate Corrections Compact. See generally M.G.L. ch. 125 App., § 2-1. He is currently incarcerated at MCI-Cedar Junction in South Walpole, Massachusetts. The defendant, Peter Allen, is the…

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