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United States ex rel. Clayton v. Mancusi

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided May 13, 1971No. 69-C-1275PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARTELS, District Judge.

Petitioner, Robert Clayton, presently incarcerated in Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, N. Y., upon conviction, after a jury trial, of second degree murder, seeks his release through federal habeas corpus. He was sentenced to a term of thirty years to life imprisonment on February 25, 1953, and no appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction. His principal claim for release is the introduction at trial of his involuntary confessions in violation of his constitutional rights.

Pursuant to the decisions of Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. ClaytonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
  2. Hon. Vincent A. Mancusi, Warden, Attica State Prison v. United States Ex Rel. Robert ClaytonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  3. United States Ex Rel. Delle Rose v. LaValleeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
  4. United States Ex Rel. Griffin v. VincentDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973

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