Legal Opinion
Walter J. Lovett, Jr. v. Fred Butterworth, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 13, 1979No. 79-1419PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONSAL, District Judge.
Walter J. Lovett, Jr. appeals from the denial by the district court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He currently is serving a ten-to-twenty-year sentence in the Massachusetts penitentiary at Walpole. His appeal presents questions of importance regarding the scope of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. 1
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On June 17,1975, a complaint was filed in the Second District Court of East Worcester charging petitioner with the crime of “break[ing] and enterpng] in the nighttime a dwelling house . . . with intent therein to…
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3Cited by20 opinions
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