United States ex rel. Parker v. McMann

MEMORANDUM

COOPER, District Judge.

Petitioner, a state prisoner serving a term of five to seven years as a second felony offender upon his conviction on August 30, 1965 by a jury of grand larceny, first degree, applies to this Court, pro se, for a writ of habeas corpus contending that the introduction of certain testimony by the State, in the presence of the jury, violated both his constitutional rights and the law of the State of New York.

On May 6, 1965, Mrs. Ethel Biren-baum, upon entering her apartment building located in the vicinity of 170th Street and College Avenue, Bronx, was grabbed…