Legal Opinion
Williams v. Henderson
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 24, 1978No. 77-C-2547PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COSTANTINO, District Judge.
This is a petition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for a writ of habeas corpus brought on the ground that the petitioner was denied due process of law at his state trial by virtue of prosecutorial misconduct. The petition alleges that the prosecutor’s improper cross-examination of petitioner, compounded by his improper summation, deprived petitioner of a fair trial in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Following a jury trial in Supreme Court, Kings County, petitioner was convicted of four counts of robbery in the first degree, two counts…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- United States v. Charles Tomaiolo and Louis SovieroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- People v. CondonNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- United States v. Albert GrunbergerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by9 opinions
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