Legal Opinion
Sheffield v. Curran
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 17, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-0015-TPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
Petitioner in this case was convicted in Massachusetts state court of rape. He had two trials. The first was held in October 1979 and ended in a mistrial. Petitioner was convicted at the second trial, in February 1980. The Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the convictions. Commonwealth v. Sheffield, 16 Mass.App.Ct. 342, 451 N.E.2d 132 (1983). The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court twice denied review. Commonwealth v. Sheffield, 390 Mass. 1104, 456 N.E.2d 469 (1983); Commonwealth v. Sheffield, 393 Mass. 1101, 469 N.E.2d 830 (1984). Petitioner seeks a writ…
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