Legal Opinion
Benny Williams v. Robert Kullman and Robert Abrams, Attorney General, State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 28, 1983No. 148, Docket 83-2083PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Benny Williams appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Whitman Knapp, Judge, dismissing sua sponte petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Williams was convicted of burglary in the second degree and attempted robbery in the second degree, following a jury trial in New York State Supreme Court, and he was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of four to eight years and two and one-half to five years. It is from his detention under this sentence that petitioner…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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