Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Davis v. McMann
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided March 18, 1966No. 65-CV-6PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES T. FOLEY, Chief Judge.
This habeas corpus proceeding, in my opinion, involves a claim of substance. It compels an unpleasant task in that the review to a great degree concerns discretionary acts by a State trial judge on the scene in a situation that every trial judge, state or federal, knows is perplexing, troublesome and upsetting even to the most placid. (United States ex rel. DiBlasi v. McMann (NDNY), 236 F.Supp. 592; aff’d 2 Cir., 348 F.2d 12). The important question here is whether under the prevailing circumstances at the time of trial on serious charges this petitioner, against…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. William Davis v. Hon. Daniel McMann Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York,respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- State v. CriderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
- City of Minneapolis v. PriceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
- Raullerson v. PattersonDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1967
- Johnson v. LeeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
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