Legal Opinion
Clark v. Moran
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 18, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-0292 PPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
Sidney Clark is incarcerated in the Adult Correctional Institution (“ACI”), serving a life sentence after being convicted of the 1974 murder of Claude Saunders, a fellow inmate at the ACI. Clark challenges several aspects of his trial in his present petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Claude Saunders was stabbed to death in his cell at the ACI in November 1974. Approximately eight hours after the murder, the Rhode Island State Police, believing Clark was involved in the crime, applied benzidine directly to Clark’s skin. Benzi-dine, a chemical…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Sidney A. Clark v. John Moran, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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