Legal Opinion
Hon. Vincent A. Mancusi, Warden, Attica State Prison v. United States Ex Rel. Robert Clayton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 17, 1972No. 218, Docket 71-1696PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAMPANO, District Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, John R. Bartels, J., granting petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus and directing his release unless he is retried by the state.
Petitioner, Robert Clayton, was convicted of second degree murder on February 25, 1953, after a trial in which his confession was introduced as evidence. He did not appeal his conviction, but in 1965 sought relief in a coram nobis hearing in the County Court, Suffolk County, asserting that his confession was involuntary. That court denied…
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- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
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