Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Brodie v. Hilton
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 4, 1980No. Civ. 80-1508PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIUNNO, District Judge.
On January 24, 1977, James V. Brodie was convicted after jury trial of felony murder and the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment was thereupon imposed.
His appeal to the Superior Court, Appellate Division having resulted in an affirmance of that conviction, and a petition for certification having been denied by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, he filed petition here on May 27, 1980 under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
His challenge here is that the trial judge denied an express request to charge the jury (and thus allow it to return a verdict) in respect to second-degree…
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