Legal Opinion

Wesley P. Tart v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 15, 1991No. 90-1929PublishedCited by 105 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CYR, Circuit Judge.

Wesley Tart, captain of a commercial fishing vessel and holder of a federal commercial fishing license, appeals district court orders rejecting various collateral challenges to his state court conviction for landing raw fish without a commercial fishing permit from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

In November 1986 an officer of the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement, while accompanied by an agent of the National Fishery Service, observed Tart’s fishing vessel, “Jeromi,” unloading raw fish at a Gloucester…

2Cases cited58 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by105 opinions

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