Legal Opinion
Painten v. Massachusetts
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 19, 1966No. Misc. Civ. No. 64-78-CPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFREY, District Judge.
Petitioner, Donald M. Painten, was convicted in the Massachusetts Superior Court of armed bank robbery, masked and disguised, and related offenses. His conviction was affirmed sub nom. Commonwealth v. Binkiewiez, 342 Mass. 740, 175 N.E.2d 473 (1961).
After the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts denied his application for a writ of error Painten petitioned for habeas corpus in this court where, after a full evidentiary-type hearing, his contentions based on Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 81 S.Ct. 1684, 6 L.Ed.2d 1081 (1961), were upheld and an order was entered, 252…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- In Re BonnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- MedleySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Commonwealth v. BinkiewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Clay Thomas v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- United States Ex Rel. Covington v. CoparoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Wansley v. WilkersonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- Smith v. CaldwellDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1972
- United States ex rel. Covington v. CoparoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
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