Legal Opinion
Lane T. Mele v. Fitchburg District Court
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 15, 1988No. 88-1019PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In 1982, petitioner-appellant Lane T. Mele was involved in an automobile accident which took a human life. He was charged with negligent homicide. The following March, he admitted the sufficiency of the facts and was found guilty by a judge in the Gardner District Court (a Massachusetts state court). Mele received a two year suspended sentence and a like period of probation, with compulsory community service. He appealed. On July 11, 1985, after the probationary period was over, the Massachusetts Appeals Court (MAC) vacated the judgment of conviction and ordered retrial…
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