Legal Opinion

Allah v. Le Fevre

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided December 7, 1978No. Nos. 78C 1527, 75C 115Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

Petitioner pro se, Malik Allah, has filed in this Court a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1977). Malik Allah was indicted in Supreme Court, Queens County, for the May 13,1973 murder of Father John P. Conlin and the robbery of the Church of Saint Bonaventure. The indictment charged one count of murder, one count of felony murder and one count of first degree robbery. Prior to trial, Malik Allah, who is not a lawyer, expressed the desire to appear pro se. Justice Bernard Dubin, the trial judge, permitted Malik Allah to represent himself,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. John Lee Sincox v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  4. Robert Victor Boyer v. Ernest S. PattonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
  5. Daryl Evans and Bernard Butler v. Ross Maggio, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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