Legal Opinion
James Gardner v. Joseph Ponte
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 29, 1987No. 86-1497PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner appeals from an order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm that decision.
In 1975, James Gardner was convicted in Massachusetts state court of second degree murder for the beating of his girlfriend. Gardner filed an appeal which was dismissed two years later for failure to prosecute. Through new counsel, defendant then filed a motion for post-conviction relief. This motion was denied by the trial court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court. The…
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- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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