Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Dalsheim
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 25, 1982No. 81 Civ. 4182(RJW)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
Pro se petitioner Michael Simmons seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Simmons is presently in the custody of the State of New York at the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill, New York. Respondents (hereinafter referred to jointly as “the State”) are Stephen Dalsheim, Superintendent of the Downstate Correctional Facility, and Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York. For the reasons that follow, the petition is granted.
BACKGROUND
On March 9, 1976, Simmons was convicted, following a jury trial in the Supreme Court of…
2Cases cited70 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. KopaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- Emilcar Bermudez v. Theodore Reid, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility, and Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- People v. HuckleberrySupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
- Hodge v. HendersonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Fahlen v. MounseyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1986
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