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Pisa v. Streeter

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided June 16, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-2229-MAPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAZZONE, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which the petitioner claims that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in obtaining a conviction for murder in the second degree and incarcerating him on that verdict, denied him of rights secured by the Fifth, Sixth, and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1

The record establishes the following facts. The petitioner was convicted of the murder of George W. Deane in the Middle-sex County Superior Court. He was sentenced to the statutory life imprisonment,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Maurice Whiting v. Sherry Burt, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
  2. State v. PhillipsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
  3. Honneus v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. LowerySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Parker v. ParrattDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1981

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