GRIECO v. MEACHUM

No. 75-1336.

533 F.2d 713 (1976)

Lewis GRIECO et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Larry MEACHUM, Warden, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berman, Medford, Mass., for appellants.

Robert V. Greco, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and John J. Irwin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Bureau, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


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...

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