United States ex rel. Feldt v. Follette

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Petitioner, currently serving a fifteen to twenty year sentence at the Green Haven state prison following his conviction after trial to a jury on charges of first degree rape, second degree assault and first degree sodomy, seeks his release upon a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that he was deprived of a fair trial by (1) unnecessary references to his race and that of his codefendant; (2) inflammatory and prejudicial remarks of the prosecution in his summation; (3) improper reception in evidence of an admission, made after an illegal arrest, and improperly…