Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Thurmond v. Mancusi
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 13, 1967No. 67 C 526PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
Petitioner pled guilty to the felony of attempting to sell six marijuana cigarettes. A first offender, he was sentenced in March of 1964 by the County Court, Nassau County, to a term of two and one-half to five years imprisonment. He did not appeal but commenced serving his sentence at once. After unsuccessfully seeking a writ of coram nobis in the state courts, petitioner now seeks release from Attica State Prison through a writ of habeas corpus from this Court.
I. PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Petitioner collaterally attacked his sentence in the state courts on…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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3Cited by79 opinions
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