Legal Opinion

Canfora v. Davenport

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided November 17, 1972No. Civ. A. No. 1724-72PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LACEY, District Judge:

Petitioner is an inmate of the Correctional Institution for Women at Clinton, New Jersey. She seeks herein a declaration of fourteenth amendment unconstitutionality, on equal protection grounds, of the state statute under which she was sentenced; and, if successful, either her immediate release by writ of habeas corpus issued by this tribunal, or a judgment herein that a writ of habeas corpus issue unless she is re-sentenced by the state pursuant to a statutory scheme which, she urges, would result promptly in her parole. For the reasons hereinafter set…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDENSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. United States Ex Rel. Ford v. State of New JerseyDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1975

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