UNITED STATES v. WILKINS

Civ. No. 10829.

227 F.Supp. 460 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. George HETENYI, Relator, v. Walter H. WILKINS, Warden, Attica State Prison, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. New York.

March 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merwin Morehouse, Rochester, N. Y., for relator.


HENDERSON, District Judge.

Relator, a state prisoner, has applied for a writ of habeas corpus claiming he is presently in custody in violation of his constitutional rights.

In an indictment returned by the Monroe County Court on May 19, 1949, Hetenyi was charged with the crime of Murder in the First Degree. Tried in January of 1950 he was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to from fifty years to life. On appeal, the Appellate Division...

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