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MASSACHUSETTS v. PAINTEN

No. 37.

389 U.S. 560 (1968)

MASSACHUSETTS v. PAINTEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Willie J. Davis and James B. Krasnoo, Assistant Attorneys General.

Louis M. Nordlinger argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Anthony G. Amsterdam and Melvin L. Wulf filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union et al., as amici curiae, urging affirmance.

PER CURIAM.

In 1958 respondent was tried and convicted in Middle-sex Superior Court, Massachusetts, for armed robbery of a bank and related offenses. He appealed, and in 1961 his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, sub nom. Commonwealth v. Binkiewicz, 342 Mass. 740, 175 N.E.2d 473.

Respondent eventually filed a petition for a writ of habeas...

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