Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Richard F. Sniffen v. Harold W. Follette, Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 29, 1968No. Misc. Record 1638PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Richard F. Sniffen petitions this Court pro se for a certificate of probable cause and other relief, following the denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, because he failed to exhaust available state remedies.
On September 30, 1958, Sniffen was convicted upon his plea of guilty to burglary in the first degree and assault in the first degree in Westchester County Court. No appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction, but subsequently an application was made in a state court for a writ of coram nobis on the ground that his plea of guilty was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Roberts v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States Ex Rel. Thurmond v. MancusiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
- John Henry Hewett v. State of North Carolina, R. L. Turner, Warden, Central Prison, Jerry Ray Cassada v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- United States of America Ex Rel. Harvey A. Marcelin v. Vincent Mancusi, Superintendent of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States ex rel. Levy v. McMannCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- John D. Miller v. Frank HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- United States Ex Rel. Charles Albert Holes, Relator-Appellant v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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