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CHAPPEE v. COM. OF MASS.

Civ. A. No. 86-2600-Y.

659 F.Supp. 1220 (1987)

Douglas CHAPPEE, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas D. Chappee, pro se.

Kimberly Homan, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Frances Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Criminal Bureau, Boston, Mass., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS

YOUNG, District Judge.

In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner, Douglas Chappee ("Chappee"), challenges the exclusion by the court of three expert defense witnesses in his criminal trial in the Massachusetts Superior Court. Chappee argues that he was denied his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to present a defense. This Court rules that the exclusion of the expert witnesses by...

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