Legal Opinion
Orr v. Schaeffer
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 23, 1978No. 78 Civ. 1457PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner, Donald Orr, is currently incarcerated in the Bronx House of Detention, serving consecutive sentences of ten to twenty and three and one-half to seven years, pursuant to his conviction on four counts of robbery and criminal possession of a weapon, after a jury trial in the New York County Supreme Court. Having appealed the conviction in the state court system without success, 1 he now seeks release through a federal writ of habeas corpus. 2 Petitioner urges this Court to vacate his conviction on the grounds that he was denied a…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Snow v. ReidDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Huber v. SchriverDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2001
- Diaz v. GreinerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- Arce v. SmithDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- McEachin v. RossDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
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