LOOK v. AMARAL

No. 83-1276.

725 F.2d 4 (1984)

Donald J. LOOK, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Ronald AMARAL, et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin N. Griswold, Washington, D.C., with whom Kenneth J. Ayres, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., James B. Krasnoo and Norris, Kozodoy & Krasnoo, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for petitioner, appellant.

Linda G. Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Frederick W. Riley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Bureau, Barbara A.H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Appellate Div., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for respondents, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, GIBSON and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Donald Look, petitioner-appellant, appeals from the denial of his application for habeas corpus. Convicted of second degree murder in the Massachusetts court, Look complains that he was denied his right to a speedy trial under the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Look also contends that the state trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the lesser...

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