Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Lewis v. Henderson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 16, 1976No. 76 Civ. 399PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKEL, District Judge.
Alfred Lewis was convicted of bank robbery, grand larceny, and assault, after a jury trial in the New York State courts in 1958. 1 He was sentenced to a term of 30 to 60 years. Since then, he has persistently sought to have his conviction vacated on the ground, inter alia, that confessions 2 introduced at his trial were the product of physical and mental coercion. These efforts started when, pursuant to a pro se coram nobis petition, a Huntley hearing was held in January 1970 by Justice ‘Edward T. McCaffrey, who had presided at the original trial, to determine…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Alred Lewis v. The State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Clayton M. Bryant v. George A. Vose, Jr., Superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Robinson v. SmithDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1978
- Biller v. LopesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1987
- Balfour v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991