Negron v. Warden

This is an appeal from the denial of a hearing by the Superior Court, O’Brien, J., on a second application brought by the plaintiff for a writ of habeas corpus based on an alleged illegal imprisonment due to his fugitive from justice status arising out of a manslaughter conviction in New York state. The narrow issue presented by this appeal is whether a plaintiff is entitled to a hearing upon a second application for a writ of habeas corpus if this second application is based on a different ground from any asserted in the initial habeas corpus application although not based on new evidence or…