Legal Opinion
Clark v. Nickeson
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 7, 1971No. Civ. No. 14160PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
The petitioner is charged by the State of Connecticut with possession and sale of narcotic drugs, to wit: heroin and marihuana. He is currently in custody in Norwich State Hospital, a mental institution, awaiting trial on these charges and is before this court on a petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1
The basis for Clark’s petition is that he has been denied his rights under the eighth and fourteenth amendments to the federal Constitution in that his present bail of $10,000 is unreasonable and excessive. Since he cannot meet…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Williams v. GrecoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977