Katz v. King

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of habeas corpus presents the question whether procedures employed by the Boston [Massachusetts] Housing Court in a criminal contempt prosecution violated petitioner’s constitutional right to due process of law. Petitioner raises a host of issues, but the thrust of his appeal is directed towards alleged incompetence of counsel and the sentencing process.

Prior Proceedings

In early 1978, Raanan Katz, owner-manager of more than one thousand apartment units, sought to evict tenants, Saunders and Lynch, from their Boston apartment. Katz filed a…