Legal Opinion
Wayne S. Hicks v. William F. Callahan, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 1988No. 88-1137PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the district court’s opinion and order granting Wayne S. Hicks’ petition for habeas corpus. We reverse.
1. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
As usual in habeas corpus cases, this case has travelled a lengthy and tortuous procedural path. On November 12, 1974, Hicks and two co-defendants, Perley Wit-ham and Joseph Marshall, were sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after being convicted by a jury of first degree murder, unarmed robbery, and confining and putting in fear for the purpose of stealing, committed on December…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Brown v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Paul G. Robinson v. Joseph PonteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Russell v. MarchilliDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2018