Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Piracci v. Follette
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 4, 1968No. 68 Civ. 836PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner, now serving a prison term of seven and a half to fifteen years at Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York, upon his plea of guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the first degree, entered in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, seeks his release upon a federal writ of habeas corpus. He was indicted for murder in the first degree which, in the event of a conviction, would have permitted the imposition of the death penalty.
After a four-day trial, during which the prosecution called sixteen witnesses, privately retained…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States Ex Rel. Robert H. Boucher v. Frederick G. Reincke, Warden, Connecticut State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- United States Ex Rel. James Glenn v. Hon. Daniel McMann Warden, Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New York, Docket Mr469Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Clark v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1969
- St. Clair v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- Quillien v. LeekeDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1969
- United States ex rel. Toland v. PhimisterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Tingler v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970