Legal Opinion
Goguen v. Smith
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 25, 1972No. Misc. Civ. 72-22 LCPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, District Judge.
I
Petitioner applies for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain release from a six months sentence to the House of Correction imposed after his conviction in the Worcester County Superior Court. The conviction was upon a complaint that he “did publicly treat contemptuously the flag of the United States” in violation of G.L. c. 264, § 5. 1 The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court. Commonwealth v. Goguen, 1972 Mass. Ad.Sh. 303, 279 N.E.2d 666.
At the time he filed this petition, (February 23, 1972), petitioner had very recently…
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- United States Ex Rel. Radich v. Criminal Ct. of NYDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
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