Legal Opinion
Landano v. Rafferty
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 4, 1992No. Civ. 91-1881 (HLS)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
This case is a testament to the principle “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.” We must ask ourselves why the current clamor and rush to carry out death sentences, but no similar urgency in freeing one who might be wrongly convicted and confined.
Vincent James Landano has been up and down the judicial ladder enough times to exhaust anyone and destroy their spirit. Nonetheless, he has been ordered to resume the journey once again on the grounds that his current claims upon which this court granted him habeas corpus relief must receive further review by the state…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Granberry v. GreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Landano v. RaffertyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Landano v. RaffertyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Vincent James Landano v. John J. Rafferty, Superintendent, Rahway State Prison, Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey. State of New Jersey, John J. Rafferty, Superintendent, East New Jersey State Prison, Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of State of New Jersey, Vincent James Landano v. John J. Rafferty, Superintendent, East Jersey State Prison, Peter Perretti, Attorney General, State of New Jersey, Leslie Fay Schwartz, Deputy Attorney General, the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor Kearny Police Department, Newark Police Department, Jersey City Police Department, and Perth Amboy Police Department, State of New Jersey, John J. Rafferty, Superintendent East New Jersey State Prison, Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of State of New Jersey, John J. Rafferty, Superintendent, East New Jersey State Prison, and Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey v. Vincent James LandanoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992