Legal Opinion
Ladetto v. Commissioner of Correction
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 8, 1977PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order of a single justice denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. There was no error. The petitioner seeks unconditional release from incarceration. While serving a life sentence for second degree murder at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole (M.C.I. Walpole), Ladetto was transferred pursuant to G. L. c. 127, § 97A, to the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. He has since been returned to M.C.I. Walpole. The petitioner claims that his removal from the Commonwealth without the Governor’s specific consent amounted to a pardon. The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Douglas Gomes v. Anthony P. TravisonoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Carl B. Hoitt, Jr. v. Joseph C. Vitek, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Hoitt v. VitekDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1973
- Duncan v. UlmerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
- Rebideau v. StonemanDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Good v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Abrahams v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. ValeriMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Good v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- United States v. Four-Otero RibasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993