United States ex rel. Vines v. Murphy

JAMES T. FOLEY, District Judge.

The petitioner is another of an increasing number of New York State prisoners sentenced under the Multiple Offender Law of that State who take advantage of the recent ruling in United States ex rel. LaNear v. LaVallee, 2 Cir., 306 F.2d 417, and file directly in this District Court for a federal writ of habeas corpus without any attempt to review challenged state convictions rendered in the Courts outside New York. It is apparent to me after reviewing since LaNear a substantial number of similar petitions attacking convictions from various States of the Union and…