Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Frank Brown v. Robert G. Smith, Warden, Vermont State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 1, 1962No. 27418_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
The State of Vermont and the warden of its prison appeal from an order of the district court granting the discharge of Frank Brown on a writ of habeas corpus for the State’s “failure to accord petitioner a fair trial by a panel of indifferent jurors plus the denial of state appellate review” in violation of his constitutional rights after his sentence in the Windham County Court to life imprisonment for arson causing death. The order stayed the release for thirty days to enable the State to take steps for a new trial. When the State determined to appeal, the judge granted…
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