Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Roy C. Brown v. Hon. J. Edwin Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 9, 1970No. 33127_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge:
Under indictment for first degree murder and faced with overwhelming evidence that in March, 1962, he had stabbed to death one Robert Feinberg whom he robbed after going with him to a hotel room for a homosexual assignation, Roy C. Brown pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to a term of 40 years to life. At the time he was also under indictment for attempted murder arising out of an attack on another man. 1 Brown pleaded guilty on the advice of four experienced attorneys who were assigned to defend him.
After a hearing in the district court on…
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