United States Ex Rel. Elksnis v. Gilligan

WEINFELD, District Judge.

Petitioner, now serving a sentence of from seventeen and one-half to thirty-five years under a judgment of conviction entered in the County Court, Westchester County, on his plea of guilty to manslaughter in the first degree, seeks his release under a writ of habeas corpus.

He advances four grounds in support of his application, two of which do not present any issue of violation of federal constitutional rights, 1 and one of which, while alleging deprivation of his right to counsel, upon the facts is without merit. 2 Thus, there remains to be considered his claim that…