Legal Opinion
Olsen v. Correiro
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 30, 1999No. 96-1425PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
On May 13, 1986, Lester Olsen was convicted of the first-degree murder of Harold Fernandes and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Approximately five years later, a Massachusetts court overturned his conviction, a ruling that was based on the investigating police officers’ failure to disclose an audio-taped interview with the prosecution’s chief witness, and ordered a new trial. Olsen was released from prison on bail pending the new trial.
On February 21, 1992, rather than go through another murder trial, Olsen pled nolo contendere to a…
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