Legal Opinion
Biller v. Lopes
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 5, 1987No. Civ. N-86-229(AHN)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
NEVAS, District Judge.
Meyer Biller, a former licensed public adjuster, has been convicted in the Connecticut Superior Court of interfering with a police officer. The Court has released him on bond pending this decision. He seeks a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2241. He claims that his conviction for interfering with a police officer violated the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments in that it is the fruit of a coerced confession. For the reasons set forth below, the petition is GRANTED.
I. Facts
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2Cases cited85 opinions
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- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Meyer Biller v. Raymond Lopes, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Pilotti v. Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional FacilityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
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- McCarthy v. BronsonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1988
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