Legal Opinion
John Joseph Kerrigan v. Palmer C. Scafati, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 1, 1965No. 6561_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for habeas corpus. Petitioner, hereinafter defendant, was found guilty of first degree murder of a policeman by a jury in the Massachusetts Superior Court and sentenced to death. Three appeals from the conviction and from the denials of motions for new trial were unsuccessfully taken. The last appeal was dismissed in an opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court dated June 8, 1965. Commonwealth v. Kerrigan, Mass. 1965, 207 N.E.2d 882. Contending that this decision involved his constitutional rights the defendant, in connection…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Commonwealth v. KerriganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. GuerroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
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