Morehead v. New York Ex Rel. Tipaldo

298 U.S. 587 (1936)

MOREHEAD, WARDEN,

v.

NEW YORK EX REL. TIPALDO.

No. 838.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued April 28, 29, 1936.

Decided June 1, 1936.

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK.

Mr. Henry Epstein, Solicitor General of New York, with whom Mr. John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney General, and Mr. John F.X. McGohey, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Arthur Levitt and Nathan L. Miller, with whom Messrs. Harold Allen Gates and Challen B. Ellis were on the brief, for Tipaldo.

This is a habeas corpus case originating in the supreme Court of New York.…