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UNITED STATES Ex Rel. Thompson v. Fay
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 27, 1961PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacMAHON, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and for equitable relief under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
Petitioner is incarcerated in Green Haven Prison, Stormville, N. Y., where he is serving a term of forty years to life. Sentence was imposed in 1941 by the Court of General Sessions, New York County, upon petitioner’s plea of guilty to second degree murder.
The petition alleges that a proceeding for a reduction of sentence on the ground of petitioner’s inadequate representation by court appointed counsel is now pending in the Appellate Courts of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Adams v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Numer v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Bailleaux v. HolmesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1959
- Reilly v. HiattDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
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3Cited by18 opinions
- John Alfred Lee v. Ralph H. Tahash, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- James G. McCloskey v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Dugar v. CoughlinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- State Ex Rel. Pingley v. CoinerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1972
- Austin v. HarrisDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1964
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