UNITED STATES v. LaVALLEE

No. 354, Docket 28087.

319 F.2d 308 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John McGRATH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. E. LaVALLEE, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Zener, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Ronald J. Offenkrantz, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen. (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, and Irving Galt, Asst. Sol. Gen., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, KAUFMAN and MARSHALL, Circuit Judges.


KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is serving a prison sentence under a judgment entered in the County Court of Queens County, New York, upon a plea of guilty to the crime of second degree robbery. His application for a writ of habeas corpus, founded upon the contention that his guilty plea was not entered voluntarily, was denied by District Judge Brennan without a hearing. Appellant had previously raised this contention in the state courts on application for a writ...

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