Legal Opinion
Leonard Lacy v. Harold F. Gabriel
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 11, 1984No. 83-1615PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Leonard Lacy, who was convicted in a Massachusetts court of first degree murder, applied for habeas corpus in the United States District Court, 567 F.Supp. 467, for the District of Massachusetts. He alleged, among other things not now material, that his right to due process under the fourteenth amendment had been denied when one of the jurors in the state trial improperly peeled tape off two exhibits. The tape masked entries which revealed facts about Lacy’s criminal past. Although Lacy had not alleged in the state courts, nor in his federal petition, that the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Neil R. Cola v. Charles H. Reardon, Sheriff of Essex CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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