Cases

Armstrong, J. The city of Salem appeals from a judgment affirming a decision of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), based on a finding by the MCAD’s hearing commissioner (and later adopted by the full commission) that Salem’s then police chief, Charles J. Connelly, in making patrolman appointments to the Salem police department in August, 1978, violated G. L. c. 151B, § 4, by denying the defendant Charles

Opinion by Mr. Justice Roberts, Appellant, Anthony Mussoline, was tided before a judge and jury and convicted of malicious mischief in connection with the dynamiting of a scrap yard owned by one Salvatore Gaudiano. Relying entirely on circumstantial evidence to prove Mussoline’s guilt, the Commonwealth was permitted to establish, inter alia, that three small droplets of blood found 60 feet from the scene of the

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. Hernando Williams pled guilty to state charges of armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, rape, and murder. A jury sentenced Mr. Williams to death. The conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal to the Illinois state courts. A petition for collateral review likewise resulted in no relief. Mr. Williams then petitioned the district court for habe