Legal Opinion
Sylvester v. Hammock
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 25, 1981No. 81 C 1319PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
On February 22, 1977, petitioner pled guilty to criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree and was sentenced by the Supreme Court, Queens County, to a term of two to four years. According to the State’s affirmation, petitioner’s sentence, “including parole and conditional discharge,” terminated on June 20, 1981. Now before this Court seeking a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner urges that his plea of guilty was involuntary and the indictment must be dismissed or the sentence set aside.
Petitioner alleges counsel informed him that after…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fiswick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- James Rolf Bjerkan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Wade v. CarsleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- In Re KravitzDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Bourdon v. WalkerDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2006