Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Diblin v. Follette
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 16, 1968No. 68-C-520PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
In this habeas corpus proceeding petitioner alleges that a 1942 conviction was obtained by a coerced confession. Previously in this Court he alleged that in a variety of ways he was denied his right to appeal that conviction.
Despite years of consideration by more than a score of trial and appellate judges, we are almost as far as we ever were from an answer to the mixed question of fact and law posed by petitioner: were his constitutional rights violated by the state’s use of a coerced confession or by denial of the right to appeal ? While the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Donald Howard Montgomery v. Joseph R. Brierley, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Chubbs v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- United States of America Ex Rel. George Diblin v. Harold W. Follette, Warden of Green Haven State Prison, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969