UNITED STATES v. FAY

No. 500, Docket 29542.

350 F.2d 967 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Philip ORLANDO, Relator-Appellant, v. Edward M. FAY, Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron L. Shapiro, New York City (Richard J. Burke and Burke & Shapiro, New York City, on the brief), for relator-appellant.

Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen. State of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., and Iris Steel, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and SMITH and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge:

Philip Orlando attacks, by petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the Southern District of New York in October 1963, his 1950 New York State conviction and thirty-to-sixty year sentence for robbery in the first degree, grand larceny first degree and assault second degree. He alleges that he was denied a public trial because the state trial court excluded the public from the courtroom during most...

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