UNITED STATES v. DENNO


148 F.Supp. 498 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Elmer BURKE, Relator, v. Wilfred L. DENNO, as Warden of Sing Sing State Prison, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Edelbaum, New York City, for relator.

Louis L. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York, for respondent Warden of Sing Sing State Prison, Michael Freyberg, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Albert P. Loening, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., New York City, of counsel.


SUGARMAN, District Judge.

Upon the petition of one of the counsel assigned to defend him in the state court, the relator, Elmer Burke, moves that the respondent, Warden of Sing Sing State Prison, the Attorney General of the State of New York, and the District Attorney of New York County show cause "why a writ of habeas corpus should not be issued herein, directing the production of the relator, Elmer Burke, before this Court, so that the cause of his detention and...

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