United States Ex Rel. James J. Carrono v. Mark S. Richmond, Warden, Connecticut State Prison

HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

This case raises the question whether the relator, in accordance with 28 U.S. C.A. § 2254, had exhausted his remedies in the State courts before he brought his petition for habeas corpus in the court below. Judge Smith, holding that he had not, 177 F.Supp. 503, 177 F.Supp. 504, dismissed his petition. However, he certified under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253 that there was probable cause for appeal and assigned counsel with whose aid this appeal has been prosecuted.

In 1957 the relator pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the…