Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Parsons v. Adams
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 24, 1971No. Civ. 14388PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
BLUMENFELD, Chief Judge.
Petitioner was convicted of manslaughter by a Connecticut Superior Court jury on May 20,1970. At his trial, pursuant to Conn.Gen.Stats. § 54-88 1 and Connecticut Practice Book § 479, 2 the state’s attorney was permitted to, and did, open and close the final argument to the jury. Parsons is presently in custody at the Connecticut Correctional Institution serving a sentence of four to eight years imprisonment. He maintains by this petition that he is in custody in violation of the United States Constitution…
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