Picard v. Connor

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1971-12-20

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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.” <span class="citation" dat…

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