Legal Opinion
George C. Riley and Lester Riley v. George F. Goodman, Warden and the State of New Jersey. George C. Riley, in 14105. Lester Riley, in 14106
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 1, 1963No. 14105, 14106PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COHEN, District Judge.
The sole issue in this criminal case is whether appellants were deprived of a fair trial under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as a result of the trial judge’s comments and. participation in the interrogation of witnesses.
Appellants are presently confined in the New Jersey State Prison pursuant to sentences imposed upon jury convictions of the crimes of rape on a 17 year old girl and atrocious assault and battery on her companion — a 21 year old boy. After exhaustion of state remedies and denial of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brock v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. BrandtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- State v. RileySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
- Samuel Kowalsky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. Kerry David WilenskyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Prescott v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
- United States v. Beaty, William Edwin, in 83-5021 and United States of America v. John Ballouz, in 83-5045Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- United States of America, and v. Joe Glennis Wheeler, AndCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. AdedoyinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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