Legal Opinion

United States of America Ex Rel. George H. Moore, Relator-Appellant v. Walter B. Martin, Warden, Attica Prison, and People of State of New York

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 29, 1959No. 25763_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the relator from dismissal of a writ of habeas corpus after a hearing. Judge Burke, before whom the hearing was had, granted a certificate of probable cause.

The relator is presently serving a 30 to 60 year sentence as a second felony offender. The sentence was imposed in 1946 by the County Court of Queens County, New York, after relator’s conviction of the crime of first degree robbery. The underlying felony was a 1934 conviction by a Pennsylvania court upon relator’s plea of guilty to the crime of armed robbery. He served his Pennsylvania sentence of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. United States Ex Rel. James J. Savini v. J. Vernal Jackson, Warden, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N. Y.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
  3. United States ex rel. Marcial v. FayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  4. United States v. EmbarratoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States of America Ex Rel. Jacob Wissenfeld, Relator-Appellant v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden, Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  2. United States Ex Rel. Franklin Lanear, Relator-Appellant v. Hon. J. Edwin Lavallee, as Warden of Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  3. United States Ex Rel. Orsini v. ReinckeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
  4. United States ex rel. Blasser v. FolletteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  5. People v. KearneyNew York Supreme Court · 1965

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