Legal Opinion
Richard Belbin v. Philip J. Picard
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 2, 1972No. Misc. 535PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
On July 30, 1971, petitioner Belbin sought a writ of habeas corpus in the district court. He alleged that he had been convicted in the Massachusetts Superior Court of second degree murder upon a plea of guilty, but that his plea had not been voluntary, principally because of improper representation by counsel. Petitioner alleged that he had exhausted his state remedies by filing a petition for a writ of error in the state court. At a hearing before a magistrate, however, it appeared that while a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court had filed á memorandum presaging…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cecal Bell v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Smith v. Industrial Accident CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Johnnie Lucas and Chester Sturgis v. People of the State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- James M. Walsh v. Philip J. Picard, Superintendent, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rene Santana v. Peter Fenton, Superintendent, Rahway State Prison and the Attorney General of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Patrick J. O'Shea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- James E. Domaingue v. Fred ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Sammie L. Nelson v. John Moriarty, Superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Earle R. Robinson v. Louis BermanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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