Legal Opinion
Schechtman v. Foster
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 4, 1949No. 132, Docket 21177PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Chief Judge.
The relator appeals from an order of the District Court, which dismissed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to release him from custody under a conviction for rob- . bery, first degree, in the County Court of Kings County, New York, on October 17, 1938. The petition was filed on July 9, 1948, and was based upon a single ground: that the conviction had been obtained upon perjured testimony which the prosecution knew to be such. The facts as they appear in the petition and in a supporting affidavit of the relatorwere as follows. Schechtman was convicted as one of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- McKane v. DurstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- District of Columbia v. ClawansSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- House v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Carter v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
3Cited by37 opinions
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- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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