UNITED STATES v. LaVALLEE

Civ. No. 9686.

231 F.Supp. 809 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Leon E. WEST, Petitioner, v. J. Edwin LaVALLEE, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. New York.

August 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon E. West, pro se.

No appearance for defendant.


JAMES T. FOLEY, Chief Judge.

Memorandum — Decision and Order

The petitioner, in a neat, handprinted application for habeas corpus, sets forth with clarity eight contentions that he deems worthy of federal consideration. In my judgment only two reach such stature and those are the now familiar claims first, that evidence seized by illegal search, and secondly, a confession extracted by coercion, were admitted in evidence at his trial. The petitioner...

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