Legal Opinion
Kenneth Angelo Wedra v. Dale Thomas, Robert Abrams, Attorney General, N.Y. State
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 3, 1982No. Cal. 81, Docket 80-2380PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
On December 9, 1969, Kenneth Wedra was convicted of second degree murder in Westchester County Court. After completing his appeals, which included a petition to the Supreme Court for certiorari, Wedra filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In his petition, Wedra alleged that the prosecution knowingly permitted an informer to commit perjury concerning a cooperation agreement with the State and suppressed information about the assistance it rendered the informer in connection with…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- People v. De ToreNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by34 opinions
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