United States Ex Rel. Santiago v. Follette

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Petitioner, currently serving two concurrent five to seven year sentences at the Green Haven state prison, following his conviction after trial by jury on a charge of selling narcotic drugs, seeks his release upon a writ of habeas corpus. He charges that the Trial Court erred in admitting in evidence a witness’ translation and a paraphrase of a conversation with petitioner, in permitting a detective to explain why petitioner was not arrested earlier than he actually was, in allowing the prosecutor to comment on a scar on petitioner’s cheek during summation, in…