Legal Opinion
Victory v. Bombard
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 31, 1977No. 76 Civ. 3493PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
Albert Victory (“Victory”), a state prisoner, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons hereinafter stated, the writ is granted.
On May 26, 1970, a jury in Supreme Court, New York County, the Honorable Irwin D. Davidson presiding, convicted Victory of felony murder. Petitioner was sentenced to twenty-five-years-to-life with a recommendation of no parole during the first twenty-five years, which he is presently serving at Greenhaven Correctional Facility. The conviction was affirmed by the New York courts.…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Albert Victory v. Roy Bombard, as Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Johnson v. ScullyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1983