Legal Opinion
Brown v. Streeter
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 31, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-0255-CPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on a petition for habeas corpus relief submitted. by Charles Brown, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder in the first degree. After a jury trial, petitioner was found guilty and sentenced on May 17, 1976. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court. Commonwealth v. Brown, 376 Mass. 156, 380 N.E.2d 113 (1978). Petitioner’s motion for a new trial in the Superior Court was denied in December, 1981, and his request for leave to appeal that ruling pursuant to Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 278, §…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by7 opinions
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