Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Combs v. Denno
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 17, 1964PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner, serving a sentence of seven and a half to fifteen years at Sing Sing Prison, imposed pursuant to a judgment of conviction entered in the County Court, Kings County, State of New York, seeks a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that the judgment, which was entered upon his plea of guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the second degree from murder in the first degree, is void for violation of his federally protected rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The homicide was committed on July 7, 1960. The next day petitioner was brought before a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States Ex Rel. Hardy v. McMannDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
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