Legal Opinion
Alan Lloyd Lussier v. Frank O. Gunter
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 31, 1977No. 76-1282PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed appellant Lussier’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and he appeals.
Lussier was convicted after a jury trial in Massachusetts Superior Court of first degree murder committed with extreme cruelty or atrocity and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Commonwealth introduced evidence that in 1971, at the time of the murder, Lussier was a part-time resident superintendent at an apartment building on Westland Avenue, Boston. Late in the evening of October 30 he arrived at a Halloween party in the building…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Thomas E. Flaherty, United States of America v. James R. Kearns, Jr., United States of America v. Stuart H. WahlCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- United States v. William W. LillyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Arturo M. CampaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- George Bernard Eberhardt v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Simpson v. MatesanzCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
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