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ACKERMAN v. SCAFATI

Misc. Civ. No. 69-41.

328 F.Supp. 386 (1971)

William M. ACKERMAN, Petitioner, v. Palmer C. SCAFATI, Superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, Massachusetts, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Walsh, Jr., Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., Charles E. Chase Asst. Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM

FRANK J. MURRAY, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was convicted of rape by a judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts sitting without a jury. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth v. Ackerman, 1969 Mass.Adv.Sh. 1144. A motion for rehearing by that court was denied. He then brought this petition.

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