Legal Opinion
Hackett v. Mulcahy
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 31, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-2529PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STERN, District Judge.
In this petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, this Court must address an issue which the Supreme Court has twice declined to decide 1 —whether a notice of alibi statute may be enforced by the exclusion of potentially exculpatory evidence. Petitioner Mims Hackett was convicted of kidnapping in New Jersey state court on November 10, 1976, and received a minimum sentence of thirty years. At trial, petitioner denied any involvement in the kidnapping. He testified that he was at home when the incident occurred and that two individuals were…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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