Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Walter Weems, Jr., Relator-Appellant v. H. W. Follette, Warden of Green Haven State Prison, Stormville, N.Y.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 28, 1969No. 32938_1PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
In 1963, appellant Walter Weems, Jr. was convicted in the New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, on three counts of first degree robbery and was sentenced to concurrent sentences of ten to thirty years on each count. The conviction was upheld by the Appellate Division, People v. Weems, 23 A.D.2d 701, 258 N.Y.S.2d 231 (2d Dept. 1965), and the Court of Appeals, 17 N.Y.2d 598, 268 N.Y.S.2d 352, 215 N.E.2d 527 (1966). 1 Thereafter, Weems petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In October 1968,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hirabayashi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Lawn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Vincent Francis McGee Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Grimes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Cramer v. FahnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Ralph FebreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Frederick WeiserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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