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GAGNE v. COMMONWEALTH

375 Mass. 417 (1978)

377 N.E.2d 919

RICHARD JOSEPH GAGNE vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Danaher, Jr., for the plaintiff.

John T. McDonough, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

In February, 1973, the petitioner (Gagne) was convicted of murder in the second degree. We affirmed the conviction in April, 1975. Commonwealth v. Gagne, 367 Mass. 519 (1975). Gagne then sought habeas corpus relief in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where his principal contention was that he was denied due process of law as...

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