LEVENTHAL v. GAVIN

No. 7264.

421 F.2d 270 (1970)

William J. LEVENTHAL, Petitioner, Appellant, v. John A. GAVIN, As He Is Commissioner, Department of Correction, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Rudnitsky, Boston, Mass., for appellant.

Lawrence P. Cohen, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., John Wall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Div., Garrett H. Byrne, Dist. Atty., and Murray Reiser, Asst. Dist. Atty., were on brief, for appellee.

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


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

On March 10, 1965, petitioner was convicted of larceny and conspiracy in the Superior Court of Massachusetts and was sentenced to a term of five to seven years. He is currently on parole. A bill of exceptions was filed on October 26, 1965, but was rejected by the court on the ground that it was not timely. Hence, there has been no consideration of the exceptions on their merits.

It is alleged that petitioner was deprived of his right...

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