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PICARD v. CONNOR

No. 70-96.

404 U.S. 270 (1971)

92 S.Ct. 509

30 L.Ed.2d 438

PICARD v. CONNOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Irwin, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Robert H. Quinn, Attorney General, Ruth I. Abrams and Charles E. Chase, Assistant Attorneys General, and Garrett H. Byrne.

James J. Twohig, by appointment of the Court, 402 U.S. 993, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, reversing the District Court's dismissal of respondent's petition for a writ of federal habeas corpus,1 held that "the procedure by which [respondent] was brought to trial deprived him of the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection of the laws." 434 F.2d 673, 674 (1970). The Court of Appeals...

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