Legal Opinion
Sammie L. Nelson v. Robert J. Moore, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, Doreen Moore v. Betty Cole Smith
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 14, 1972No. 72-1160, 72-1161PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Sammie L. Nelson and Doreen Moore appeal from the denial of their applications for writs of habeas corpus.
Nelson and Moore were jointly tried and convicted in a Massachusetts court on charges of committing an assault and battery with a dangerous weapon upon a fourteen-year-old girl, and of contributing to the delinquency of that minor. At the same time, Nelson was convicted of statutory rape involving this girl. The convictions were affirmed. Commonwealth v. Moore, 269 N.E.2d 636 (Mass.1971).
Nelson and Moore then individually applied to the federal district court…
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