VELLECA v. SUPERINTENDENT, M. C. I., WALPOLE

No. 73-1239.

523 F.2d 1040 (1975)

Carl VELLECA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUPERINTENDENT, M.C.I., WALPOLE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel R. Labell, Lawrence, Mass., by appointment of the Court, on brief for appellant.

Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., John J. Irwin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Bureau, and Barbara A. H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner-appellant, an inmate of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, appeals from the district court's reaffirmance of its prior denial of a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Appellant and two codefendants were convicted of armed robbery while masked and breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony. Their convictions were affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in an extensive opinion...

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