Collins v. Fogg

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

By a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Joseph Collins challenges his conviction for Rape in the Third Degree and Assault in the Third Degree imposed upon him after a jury trial in the Nassau County Court in violation of Title 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq.

The following findings of fact were made by the County Court. Eugenia Kusky was using the facilities of a laundromat in Free-port, New York, when she saw a man whom she later identified as the petitioner herein looking through the glass front of the store. The man entered the laundromat, placed his arm…