Legal Opinion
Massachusetts v. Painten
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 15, 1968No. 37PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Per curiam
In 1958 respondent was tried and convicted in Middle-sex Superior Court, Massachusetts, for armed robbery of a bank and related offenses. He appealed, and in 1961 his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, sub nom. Commonwealth v. Binkiewicz, 342 Mass. 740, 175 N. E. 2d 473.
Respondent eventually filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Federal District Court. Testimony was taken by the District Court on December 30, 1965. It ruled that respondent’s Fourth Amendment rights had been violated by the entry into his apartment, by his arrest, and by the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth v. BinkiewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Commonwealth v. SpoffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Commonwealth v. WilkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Donald M. PaintenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- State v. BruzzeseSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- United States v. William O. TriggCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- State v. LopezUtah Supreme Court · 1994
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