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Stewart v. Coalter

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided June 7, 1994No. Civ. A. 92-12660-DPWPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOODLOCK, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought by Gary Stewart, who was convicted on March 14, 1987 of second degree murder as a joint venturer in the death of Robert Perry. Stewart was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Massachusetts Correctional Facility at Cedar Junction. A divided panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed the conviction for lack of sufficient evidence. Commonwealth v. Stewart, 30 Mass.App.Ct. 569, 571 N.E.2d 43 (1991). The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected the Appeals Court determination and…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Wright v. WestSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Stewart v. CoalterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  2. Stewart v. CoalterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  3. Stewart v. CoalterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  4. Woods v. MedeirosDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2020

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