United States of America Ex Rel. William J. Burke v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden, Attica State Prison, Attica, New York

We are called upon to determine the propriety of the denial of a state prisoner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, after an evidentiary hearing, by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Morris E. Lasker, District Judge, 331 F.Supp. 1246. Petitioner claims that his guilty pleas were induced by broken promises of the New York County District Attorney’s Office. Without reaching this question, we affirm the denial of the petition on the ground the District Court denied it, namely, that petitioner voluntarily and knowingly waived an opportunity to withdraw…