United States of America Ex Rel. William R. Liss v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden, Attica State Prison

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Late in the evening of December 21, 1958, at Laughlin’s bar in Buffalo, New York, the petitioner William R. Liss met Mrs. Judy McCullom, 22 years old, whom he had known for about a year. They had a drink there, then went to a restaurant where they had dinner, after which they betook themselves to Liss’ apartment. While there he strangled Mrs. Mc-Cullom and removed her body to the embankment of the Niagara River, where he concealed it. The frozen remains were discovered December 25th. Following preliminary investigations, on December 27th the Buffalo police searched for…