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UNITED STATES v. RICHMOND

No. 225, Docket 25809.

277 F.2d 702 (1960)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Benjamin REID, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mark S. RICHMOND, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Graham, Hartford, Conn., for appellant.

John D. LaBelle, State's Atty. for Hartford County, Manchester, J. Read Murphy, George D. Stoughton, Asst. State's Attys. for Hartford County, Hartford, for appellee.

Before MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges, and MADDEN, Judge, U. S. Court of Claims.

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of Judge J. Joseph Smith of the District Court of Connecticut discharging after a hearing a writ of habeas corpus previously issued. Judge Smith granted the certificate of probable cause required by 28 U.S.C. § 2253 so that relator could appeal.

Benjamin Reid is about to be executed pursuant to a death sentence imposed in June 1957 after his Connecticut...

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