Legal Opinion
Tully v. Scheu
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 18, 1980No. Civ. A. 77-2551PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DEBEVOISE, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon the motion of petitioner, John Patrick Tully, for an order granting his application for a writ of habeas corpus. On September 26, 1979 the cause was remanded to this Court by the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit with a direction to grant the writ “unless the State of New Jersey affords [Tully] a meaningful sentence reduction hearing within a reasonable time”. After the remand, proceedings were held in the New Jersey courts, but it is my opinion that they did not constitute a meaningful sentence reduction hearing as…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Nathan H. Cohen v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
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3Cited by3 opinions
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