Legal Opinion
Leavitt v. Howard
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 8, 1971No. Civ. A. 4577PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
The petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus presents issues under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution raised in a State trial resulting in a conviction by a jury of first degree murder.
From the trial record and an evidentiary hearing before this Court that was limited to the constitutional issues presented by the petition, I determined the relevant facts: Michael Pono, a twelve-year old boy was brutally stabbed to death in the kitchen of his first floor home at 40 Amsterdam Street, Providence, Rhode Island…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Barry K. Leavitt v. Francis Howard, Warden, Adult Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
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- United States v. RileyDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1971