Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Williams v. Follette
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 12, 1970No. 69 Civ. 5548 (MP)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLACK, District Judge.
Dr. Jesse Williams, II, an inmate serving from five to ten years at Green Haven Prison in Stormville, New York, petitions for habeas corpus relief.
Williams, who was once a duly licensed physician, was convicted of first degree manslaughter by the New York County Supreme Court after a second jury trial in October, 1966. His manslaughter prosecution was brought under Section 1050 of the old New York Penal Law (McKinney’s Consol. Laws, e. 40, 1944) and he was found guilty of causing the death of a woman while attempting to procure her miscarriage, the same not…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- United States Ex Rel. Dr. Jesse Williams, II v. Peter Preiser, Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services of Thestate of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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