PIGNONE v. SANDS

No. 78-1224.

589 F.2d 76 (1978)

Stanley L. PIGNONE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Eliot SANDS et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Conn, Burlington, Mass. with whom Conn, Austin, Conn & Travaline, Burlington, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Barbara A. H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Appellate Section, Crim. Bureau, Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and Stephen R. Delinsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Bureau, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

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


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Stanley L. Pignone, petitioner-appellant. The petition was denied by the district court, Pignone v. Sands, 449 F.Supp. 415 (D.Mass.1978). Appellant contends that the proceedings in the state court were so riddled with errors that he was deprived of his constitutional rights under the fourth, fifth,...

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