Legal Opinion
Walter Nelson v. William F. Callahan, Walter Nelson v. William F. Callahan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 14, 1983No. 83-1195, 83-1196PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
In this habeas corpus action, petitioner Walter Nelson challenges the constitutional validity of his 1956 criminal convictions in the Massachusetts courts on the grounds that his guilty pleas were involuntary. Nelson was indicted in February, 1956, by a Suffolk County grand jury for first degree murder, sodomy and assault with intent to commit rape. After observation at the State Hospital in Bridgewater, he was pronounced “feeble-minded” but “sane” and “responsible for his alleged criminality.” At his arraignment in April, 1956, Nelson pled not guilty to all three…
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