ACQUIN v. MANSON

Civ. A. No. N-83-382 (RCZ).

643 F.Supp. 914 (1986)

Lorne J. ACQUIN, Petitioner, v. John R. MANSON, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

September 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Williams, Williams and Wise, New Haven, Conn., for petitioner.

Walter H. Scanlon, Chief Asst. State's Atty., Catherine J. Capuano, Deputy Asst. State's Atty., Waterbury, Conn., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZAMPANO, Senior District Judge.

The petitioner, Lorne J. Acquin, seeks habeas relief on the ground that his convictions for the brutal, mass murders of a young mother, Cheryl Beaudoin, and eight small children violated certain of his constitutional rights. 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254.

I.

In the early morning of July 22, 1977, police and fire officials discovered nine murdered bodies in the burned-out home...

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