Moynahan v. Manson

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

BLUMENFELD, District Judge.

The petitioner, Paul Moynahan, onetime Deputy Police Superintendent of the City of Waterbury, Connecticut, was convicted on February 4, 1970, after a jury trial, of the crime of receiving stolen goods. 1 The conviction was affirmed by the Connecticut Supreme Court. State v. Moynahan, 164 Conn. 560, 325 A.2d 199, cert. denied, 414 U.S. 976, 94 S.Ct. 291, 38 L.Ed.2d 219 (1973). He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus. Jurisdiction exists in this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254. 2

I. The Petitioner’s Claims

The State accused the petitioner of…