Legal Opinion
Burton C. Graham v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent Attica Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 18, 1979No. 1108, Docket 79-2022PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
This case, arising from the death of Lucille Graham in Elmira, N. Y. on August 26, 1961, has had a long history. This is recorded in many opinions of the New York courts 1 and in one of our own, U. S. ex rel. Graham v. Mancusi, 457 F.2d 463 (2 Cir. 1972), familiarity with which is assumed.
Burton Graham was indicted in 1961 for first degree murder of his wife Lucille and was convicted of second degree murder. Important evidence against him was a highly inculpatory post-arraignment statement taken on September 1, 1961, which was immensely more damaging than a statement…
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- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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