Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. McNerlin v. Denno
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1963PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner applies for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge from State custody. He was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree in the County Court, Queens County, State of New York. He was sentenced to death on March 24, 1961. The judgment of conviction was affirmed without opinion by the New York State Court of Appeals on February 22, 1962.1 Thereafter that Court’s mandate was amended to state that it had necessarily considered, passed upon, and rejected a contention of denial of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Dyer v. MacDougallCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Noce v. KaufmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- People v. WeissNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Duguay v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
- People v. McNerlinNew York Supreme Court · 1964
- United States ex rel. Ricco v. LaValleeDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1964