Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Lorenzo Catanzaro, Relator-Appellant v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden, Attica State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 2, 1968No. 49, 50, Dockets 31361, 32141PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
A New York county grand jury indicted appellant Lorenzo Catanzaro jointly with Warren Hill, Jerry Mc-Chesney, and Joseph Lonergan for murder in the first degree. A motion to sever the trial of Lonergan was granted. Lonergan became a prosecution witness. The motions of Catanzaro, Hill and Mc-Chesney for severance were denied. They were tried in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York and convicted. McChesney was sentenced to life imprisonment; Catanzaro and Hill were sentenced to death. The death sentences were subsequently commuted to life imprisonment.
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