Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Sheldon Leeson v. Daniel E. Damon, Superintendent of Elmira Reformatory
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 13, 1974No. 670, Docket 73-2597PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Appellant appeals from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. As a state prisoner, he was convicted in Supreme Court, New York County, on September 19, 1967, upon a plea of guilty to the crime of attempted grand larceny in the second degree. His maximum punishment for attempted grand larceny, second degree, was a term of 1.3 to 2.6 years’ imprisonment. NYPL §§ 261, 1297.1 Unbeknownst to appellant at the time the plea was entered, as a first offender who was under 30 years of age he was also subject to the indefinite five-year reformatory term at…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Johnson v. MetzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Danny G. Rachel v. Donald E. BordenkircherCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Joseph Wilson v. Walter Fogg, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- United States of America Ex Rel. Joel Smith v. Ernest L. Montanye, Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facillity,respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- David Barnes v. Everett W. Jones, Superintendent Great Meadow Correctional Facility and the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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