United States Ex Rel. Geralds v. Deegan

OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

Petitioner, presently confined at Sing Sing Prison, moves for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, attacking collaterally a conviction for robbery, grand larceny and assault and the sentence imposed upon him by the Nassau County Court on May 7,1965 after a jury trial. Allegedly, the conviction was obtained in violation of petitioner’s constitutional rights under the fifth, sixth and fourteenth amendments.

Specifically, petitioner claims (1) failure to prove a prima facie case, (2) failure to prove petitioner’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, (3)…