Legal Opinion
In re Cicenia
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 28, 1956No. Civ. No. 274-56PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, Chief Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a prisoner presently serving a life sentence for murder which was imposed after his plea of non vult by the late Judge Conlon of the Essex County Court. The writ issued and a hearing was held. The facts upon which petitioner seeks relief are substantially undisputed.
On March 17, 1947, Charles Kittush, the owner of a dry-goods store on Summer Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, was shot and killed during the course of a robbery. The crime went unsolved until December 17, 1949, when the Newark police obtained information…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Cicenia v. LagaySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Lamothe v. RobbinsDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1961
- Matter of the Application of Vincent Cicenia for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Vincent CiceniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Cicenia v. LagaySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Cicenia v. LagaySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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