Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Albert Sileo v. Walter B. Martin, Warden, Attica Prison, and the People of the State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 14, 1959No. 334, Docket 25359PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, District Judge.
This is an appeal by a prisoner of the State of New York, from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Morgan, J., denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. A certificate of probable cause and order granting leave to proceed in forma pauperis issued by that same court paved the way for petitioner’s presentation of his appeal here.
By the proceeding below, Albert Sileo, presently serving sixty years as a second offender, sought to invalidate a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of New York imposing an…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- De Meerleer v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States Ex Rel. James J. Savini v. J. Vernal Jackson, Warden, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N. Y.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Clyde Raymond Near v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Holly v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- United States of America Ex Rel. Raymond G. Lasky v. Hon. J. Edwin Lavallee, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Elmer Davis, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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