Legal Opinion
George McLaughlin v. Harold Gabriel, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 27, 1984No. 83-1413PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, George McLaughlin, brought a federal habeas corpus application in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The district court, 562 F.Supp. 901, dismissed the petition on the grounds that 1) Wainwright v. Sykes, 433 U.S. 72, 97 S.Ct. 2497, 53 L.Ed.2d 594 (1977), barred the presentation of the first claim and 2) raising the remaining issues now constitutes an “abuse of the writ.” We affirm the dismissal.
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McLaughlin was found guilty in 1965 of murder in the first degree and unlawfully carrying a firearm. The Supreme Judicial Court of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Calvin Gunn v. Lanson Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Neil R. Cola v. Charles H. Reardon, Sheriff of Essex CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Oscar Andiarena v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Phoenix v. MatesanzCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Leonard Lacy v. Harold F. GabrielCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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