Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Denno
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 17, 1955PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
This petition for habeas corpus has been filed by Caiman Cooper, Nathan Wissner and Harry A. Stein, who are presently confined in a New York State prison awaiting execution under sentences of death. This Court ordered a stay of execution pending the determination of this proceeding in order to enable it to study the record presented and the points urged.
The facts surrounding the crime for which the petitioners are presently confined have been stated with lucidity by the United States Supreme Court in a prior decision in the course of this litigation.1
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Davis v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1961
- United States ex rel. De Vita v. McCorkleDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1955
- United States ex rel. Burke v. DennoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- United States v. GoldfineDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1959