Legal Opinion
James L. Cobbs v. Carl Robinson, Warden, Connecticut State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 1, 1976No. 322, Docket 75-2089PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The petitioner, James L. Cobbs, presently an inmate at the Connecticut State Prison at Somers, was arrested on May 16, 1967, charged with the murder of one Batista Carbone who was found dead on August 27, 1966, in his apartment in the Green Apartments housing project in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Fairfield County grand jury indicted Cobbs for murder in the first degree and he pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
At the trial, in the Superior Court of Connecticut before a judge and jury, there was evidence to show that Cobbs and another man had followed…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State v. CurcioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- State v. CoutureSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- United States v. DePalmaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
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