Legal Opinion

Anthony Souza v. Francis A. Howard, Warden, Adult Correctional Institutions

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 27, 1973No. 73-1099PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KILKENNY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant’s claims grow out of his indictment, trial and conviction in the superior court of the state of Rhode Island and his five day incarceration in the Cumberland County jail in that state. He, with another,1 was convicted of first degree murder in a jury trial. The conviction was affirmed by the supreme court of that state. R.I., 292 A.2d 214 (1972).

The germane facts, as supported by the record and as found by the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, are relatively simple. On the evening of August 4, 1964, two men, with handkerchiefs masking the lower half of their…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. United States v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
  3. Nowell A. Brathwaite v. John R. Manson, Commissioner of Correction of the State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. Norman Laverne WilcoxCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
  5. Ronald H. Gullick v. Everett I. Perrin, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981

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