United States ex rel. Bloeth v. Denno

CASHIN, District Judge.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus has been filed by Francis Henry Bloeth, who is presently confined in a New York State prison awaiting execution under a sentence of death pronounced against him in the County Court of Suffolk County, State of New York, after a jury verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Relator was convicted on May 14, 1960 and this conviction was unanimously affirmed by the New York Court of Appeals. People v. Bloeth (1961) 9 N.Y.2d 211, 213 N.Y.S.2d 51, 173 N.E. 2d 782. On March 30, 1961 leave to re-argue was denied by the New York…