Legal Opinion
Earle R. Robinson v. Louis Berman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 23, 1979No. 78-1367PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
On November 10, 1975, petitioner-appellant, Earle R. Robinson, forced a fifteen year old male hitchhiker to commit fellatio at knifepoint and was sentenced to state prison for violating Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 265, § 22A, which prohibits “sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under sixteen ... by force and against his will or . . .by threat of bodily injury.” He brought a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting that the statutory term “unnatural sexual intercourse” is unconstitutionally vague. The district court ruled…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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- Allen v. Attorney General of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Lester Matlock v. James Rose, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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