UNITED STATES v. FAY


219 F.Supp. 606 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Almars ELKSNIS, Relator, v. Edward M. FAY, Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Almars Elksnis, pro se.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, Vincent A. Marsicano, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel, for respondent.


FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

Petitioner Elksnis brings this application for a writ of habeas corpus upon the ground that a 1953 New York assault conviction which was the basis of a multiple offender information upon which he was sentenced to 17 years as a multiple offender after a New York conviction for manslaughter, first degree in 1955, was void because it was based on a coerced and involuntary plea of guilty. The 1953 guilty plea was entered in the...

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