Legal Opinion
Powell v. Tompkins
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 28, 2013No. Civil Action No. 12-10744-WGYPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
1. INTRODUCTION
In the wake of District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008), this petition for a writ of habeas corpus is the vehicle for a massive frontal assault on Massachusetts’s gun control legislation. The attack fails.
Aaron Powell (“Powell”) brings this habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. section 2254, appealing from a decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“Supreme Judicial Court”) affirming his convictions for, inter alia, possession of a firearm without a firearm identification (“FID”) card and…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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