UNITED STATES v. DENNO

No. 230, Docket 23497.

221 F.2d 626 (1955)

UNITED STATES ex rel. COOPER et al., Relators-Appellants, v. Wilfred L. DENNO, Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1955.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Kestnbaum, New York City, for relators-appellants.

Jacob K. Javits, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, Henry S. Manley, Sol. Gen., Albany, Vincent A. Marsicano, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph F. Gagliardi, Dist. Atty. of Westchester County, White Plains, N. Y., John J. O'Brien, White Plains, of counsel, for respondent-appellee.

Before FRANK and MEDINA, Circuit Judges, and BRENNAN, District Judge.


Writ of Certiorari Denied June 6, 1955. See 75 S.Ct. 906.

BRENNAN, District Judge.

This appeal brings for review the order of the District Court which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus based upon the application of three petitioners (the appellants herein) who stand convicted in a state court of the crime of murder in the first degree. The sufficiency of the evidence presented by the petitioners to establish the charge of a purposeful intrusion upon their...

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