United States Ex Rel. Robinson v. Fay

TYLER, District Judge.

On January 31, 1962, Tecumseh Robinson was sentenced after trial to state prison as a second felony offender for a term of three and one-half to four years for criminal possession of a pistol. He here seeks habeas corpus relief upon the general ground that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated in his state court proceedings.

The facts underlying Robinson’s arrest were fully developed at a proceeding before Mr. Justice Sarafite of the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, which served the dual function of a hearing on a motion to suppress and a trial without a…