United States ex rel. Hart v. Davenport

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus challenging a New Jersey sentence. Appellant Hart was convicted of unlawful possession of lottery slips, N.J.Stat.Ann. § 2A:121-3(b), working for a lottery operation, NJ.Stat.Ann. § 2A:121-3(a), and bookmaking, N.J.Stat.Ann. § 2A:112-3. The district court denied the petition on the basis of the State court record, without an evidentiary hearing, but, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, granted a certificate of probable cause for appeal. Two issues, as to both of which State remedies have…