COLEMAN v. DENNO


223 F.Supp. 938 (1963)

Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus by David COLEMAN, Petitioner, v. Wilfred L. DENNO, as Warden of Sing Sing, and Edward Silver, District Attorney, Kings County, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 7, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Kroner, Stanley J. Levy, Frederick C. Stern, Martin A. Garbus, New York City, for petitioner.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, for respondent, Wilfred L. Denno, as Warden of Sing Sing, Stephen N. Rubin, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, of counsel.

Edward S. Silver, Dist. Atty., Kings County, pro se, William I. Siegel, Asst. Dist. Atty., of counsel.


FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

David Coleman, confined in Sing Sing Prison under a death sentence following a conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree in the County Court of Kings County, New York, has petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus.

Upon his appeal as of right to the New York Court of Appeals, the conviction was affirmed. People v. Coleman, 10 N.Y.2d 765, 219 N.Y.S.2d 612, 177 N.E...

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