Legal Opinion
Thomas F. Siciliano v. George Vose, Superintendent, MCI Norfolk
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 3, 1987No. 87-1085PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
A Massachusetts state court convicted the appellant, Thomas Siciliano, of rape. After appeals and other state court proceedings, Siciliano filed a petition for habe-as corpus in the federal district court, claiming that he had wanted to testify at his trial but his attorney had not allowed him to do so. In permitting conviction under these circumstances, he says, the state has deprived him of his “liberty” without “due process of law.” U.S. Const. amends. V, XIV; Harris v. New York, 401 U.S. 222, 225, 91 S.Ct. 643, 645, 28 L.Ed.2d 1 (1971) (“[e]very criminal defendant is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Michael Earl Sexton v. James B. French, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
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