Legal Opinion
William G. Sullivan v. Palmer C. Scafati
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 30, 1970No. 7563PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
[1] Petitioner appeals from a district court denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging various constitutional errors in his state court trial leading to his conviction for murder. He has exhausted his state court remedies, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court having affirmed the conviction, Commonwealth v. Sullivan, 354 Mass. 598, 239 N.E.2d 5 (1968), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 1056, 89 S.Ct. 697, 21 L.Ed.2d 698 (1969). 1
The crime involved a payroll robbery committed by two armed men in which a person was shot in the head, dying from the wound several…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Ralph Garguilo and Joseph MacChiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Ronald Maurice Stump v. John Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Bihn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by33 opinions
- State v. CariSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- United States v. Roy L. Thomas, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- State v. TurcioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LeasterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- State v. RyersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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