Legal Opinion
Chappee v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 18, 1987No. Civ. A. 86-2600-YPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
YOUNG, District Judge.
In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner, Douglas Chappee (“Chappee”), challenges the exclusion by the court of three expert defense witnesses in his criminal trial in the Massachusetts Superior Court. Chappee argues that he was denied his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to present a defense. This Court rules that the exclusion of the expert witnesses by the justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court violated Chap-pee’s constitutional rights and the petition for issuance of the writ of habeas…
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