Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. James J. Savini v. J. Vernal Jackson, Warden, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N. Y.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 29, 1957No. 24749_1PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of Judge Brennan in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, sustaining, after hearing, a writ of habeas corpus which had issued on the petition of James J. Savini, an inmate of a New York State prison where he was confined by a judgment of conviction in 1954 in the County Court of Queens County, New York, on his plea of guilty to a felony charge of robbery, second degree. The sentence imposed, 7% to 8 years in Sing Sing State Prison, under the Multiple Offender Law of New York, Section 1941 of New York Penal…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. Chandler v. Warden FretagSupreme Court of the United States · 1954

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. People v. CoffeyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  2. In re WoodsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Paul Ashley, AKA Walter Paul Foster v. The State of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
  4. Word v. North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  5. Ted Williams v. Ira M. Coiner, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Successor to Otto C. BolesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968

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