UNITED STATES v. WILKINS

No. 345, Docket 28340.

342 F.2d 777 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William A. WYNN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter H. WILKINS, as Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New York, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Tucker, of Cullen & Dykman, Brooklyn, (Anthony F. Marra, The Legal Aid Society, John E. Murphy, Cullen & Dykman, Brooklyn, on the brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Mortimer Sattler, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before MOORE, KAUFMAN and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, William A. Wynn, presently serving a life sentence for a felony-murder conviction, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Relying on the state court record, the District Court rejected Wynn's contentions that his conviction was unlawful because (a) inculpatory statements made during an unreasonable delay in arraignment...

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