Legal Opinion
Lewis Grieco v. Larry Meachum, Warden
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 7, 1976No. 75-1336PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
These are six appeals from dismissals of habeas corpus petitions challenging the constitutionality of petitioners’ convictions in the Massachusetts courts for crimes related to the 1965 murder of one Edward Deegan. The convictions were affirmed on appeal by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth v. French, 357 Mass. 356, 259 N.E.2d 195 (1970), and subsequent denials of motions for a new trial were also affirmed. Commonwealth v. Cassesso, 360 Mass. 570, 276 N.E.2d 698 (1971). The government’s star witness at trial was Joseph Baron-Barboza who testified, in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by76 opinions
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