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WALKER v. BUTTERWORTH

No. 78-1448.

599 F.2d 1074 (1979)

Terrell WALKER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Frederick BUTTERWORTH et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Saltonstall and Eric D. Blumenson, Boston, Mass., with whom Norman S. Zalkind, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for petitioner, appellant.

Robert S. Potters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and Stephen R. Delinsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Bureau, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for respondents, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, PETTINE, District Judge.

PETTINE, District Judge.

This appeal of a dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, requires the Court to inspect the constitutional validity of evidentiary and procedural rules traditionally practiced at criminal trials in Massachusetts.

At the state court trial, the defendant, Terrell Walker, was convicted of armed robbery and first degree murder; he was found to have successfully organized, with two others, the robbery...

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