Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. John v. Casscles
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 3, 1973No. 73-C-301PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ZAVATT, District Judge.
This is a petition by a prisoner in state custody for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
The petitioner was tried to the court and a jury in Supreme Court, Kings County, New York from June 10 through June 19, 1968, and was found guilty of Manslaughter in the First Degree. On September 19, 1968, Judge Starkey, the trial judge, sentenced the petitioner to a term of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years.
The judgment of conviction was affirmed without opinion by the Appellate Division, Second Department, 35 A.D.2d 1081, 318 N.Y.S.2d 266 (1970). The Court of…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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