Legal Opinion
Butler v. Mitchell
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 19, 2015No. Civil Action No. 13-11346-WGYPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner, Reginald Butler (“Butler”), challenges his conviction for rape in the Massachusetts Superior Court sitting in and for the County of Suffolk. He brings two claims: (1) that the eleven- and-a-half-year delay between the issuance of a criminal complaint in 1991 and the commencement of his trial in 2003 violated his Sixth'Amendment right to a speedy trial, and (2) that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the speedy trial issue on direct appeal.
A. State…
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