Legal Opinion
Alvin Love v. Norman Butler
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 19, 1991No. 91-1230PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a habeas corpus petition. In 1986, petitioner Alvin Love was convicted by a Massachusetts Superior Court jury of violating that state’s “bail-jumping” statute. Mass. Gen.L. ch. 276, § 82A. 1 He was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, to take effect from and after the sentence then being served. In November 1988, the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed his conviction, and the Supreme Judicial Court denied leave for further appellate review the following month. Petitioner filed the instant petition in April 1989, alleging, inter alia, that the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by41 opinions
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