United States Ex Rel. James Denegris, Relator-Appellee v. William N. Menser, Sheriff

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

We affirmed in open court the order of the District Court for the District of Connecticut which granted the petition of James DeNegris for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that evidence admitted over his objection at the state court trial, in which he was convicted, had been obtained through the use of an unlawfully issued search warrant.

DeNegris was tried and convicted on March 5, 1964 in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut on an information charging him with the crime of pool selling (Conn.General Statutes § 53-295). He was sentenced, as a third…