Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. DeClara v. Johnson
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 1, 1969No. 69-C-867Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JUDD, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that he has been declared insane and is a patient in Matteawan State Hospital, Beacon, New York. It appears that he was indicted in 1966 for murder in the first degree by a grand jury in Kings County, but found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
The petition does not contest the constitutionality of the hearing which resulted in his present detention. He objects to the alleged refusal of the Warden *234of the Queens House of Detention to give him transcripts of an extradition hearing held on February 3;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ryan v. TinsleyDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1959
- Curtis J. Hurt v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955