Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Winfield v. Cascles
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 6, 1975No. 75 C 514PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
PLATT, District Judge.
By order to show cause and a petition, petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus to relieve himself of an allegedly illegal conviction imposed by the State of New York in violation of the United States Constitution.
Jurisdiction, which is not disputed, is obtained under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a).
Petitioner, a citizen and resident of New York, is currently incarcerated in the Great Meadow Correctional Institution, Comstock, New York, in the custody and control of the respondent, the Warden of said institution. He was ■ convicted after a jury trial of possessing'…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Francis J. De SistoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States v. BarberCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Hasbrouck v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Charles Alexander v. David Harris, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Gordon v. WillisDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980
- Wright v. SmithDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1977
- Leon v. KuhlmannDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
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