Legal Opinion
Brown v. Reid
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 26, 1980No. 80 Civ. 2092PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner, William Brown, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C., section 2254 for the alleged denial of his federal constitutional rights. He was con victed in New York Supreme Court on November 16, 1977 after a trial by jury of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. 1 He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from three to six years. His conviction was affirmed without opinion by the Appellate Division, First Department, on June 28, 1979 2 and leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied on August 22, 1979. 3…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Joseph Gruttola v. Edward R. Hammock, Chairman of the New York Board of Parole, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Arthur Jackson Burton v. Jack BergmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Gilmore v. CurryDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Clark v. CoombeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Arthur Jackson Burton v. Jack BergmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981