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BUTLER v. MITCHELL

No. 15-1739.

815 F.3d 87 (2016)

Reginald BUTLER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Lisa MITCHELL, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 9, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Fellows , for appellant.

Christopher Hurld , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, was on brief, for appellee.

Before BARRON, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and SELYA, Judge.

Reginald Butler appeals the denial of a petition for habeas corpus in which he claims that his Sixth Amendment rights to a speedy trial and effective assistance of counsel were violated in the course of a Massachusetts state prosecution. We affirm.

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In 1991, a Massachusetts state district court issued...

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