Legal Opinion
Greenfield v. Scafati
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 8, 1967No. Civ. A. 67-742-GPublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, a Massachuetts prisoner, seeks an injunction against the enforcement of a sentence under a state statute, Mass.Gen.Laws, ch. 127, § 129, as amended by Mass.Acts of 1965, ch. 884, on the ground that the amendment is unconstitutional as an ex post facto law. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2281 a three-judge district court was convened to consider the merits of his contention. We delayed our hearing briefly until a proceeding brought by petitioner in the state court has been determined adversely by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. The single justice…
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