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KATZ v. KING

No. 80-1055.

627 F.2d 568 (1980)

Raanan KATZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patrick J. KING, Associate Justice of the Housing Court Department City of Boston Division of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Mary Saunders, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1980.

As Amended August 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie H. Rudnick, Boston, Mass., with whom Ring & Rudnick, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Barbara A. H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Appellate Div., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and Marilyn L. Hotch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for respondent, Patrick J. King.

Harvey S. Shapiro, Boston, Mass., on brief for appellee, Mary Saunders.

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

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of habeas corpus presents the question whether procedures employed by the Boston [Massachusetts] Housing Court in a criminal contempt prosecution violated petitioner's constitutional right to due process of law. Petitioner raises a host of issues, but the thrust of his appeal is directed towards alleged incompetence of counsel and the sentencing process.

Prior Proceedings

In early 1978, Raanan...

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