Legal Opinion
Felton v. Harris
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 31, 1979No. 79 Civ. 2180PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner, Thomas Felton, now serving a sentence of 25 years to life at Green Haven Correctional Facility, New York pursuant to a judgment of conviction of the murder in the second degree, of three separate victims, entered upon a jury verdict in the Supreme Court, Bronx County, petitions for his release under a federal writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner’s co-defendant, Willie Lee Kirksey, also was convicted at their joint trial of the same charges and received the same sentence. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Division, First…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Shuman v. WolffDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1983
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