United States Ex Rel. Floyd Parsons v. Frederick E. Adams, Warden, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, Connecticut

Petitioner Floyd Parsons was convicted in a Connecticut state court of manslaughter. After all the evidence had been introduced at the trial, petitioner “requested” that the prosecution not be permitted both to open and close final oral argument to the jury as authorized by Conn.Gen.Stat.Ann. § 54-88 (1960) and Rules for the Superior Court § 479, Conn.Practice Book (1963). His request was refused. Petitioner was convicted and ultimately sentenced to a prison term of four to eight years. Petitioner thereafter filed this petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the…