UNITED STATES v. GILLIGAN

No. 65 Civ. 2478.

256 F.Supp. 244 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Almars ELKSNIS, Petitioner, v. Honorable A. P. GILLIGAN, Acting Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rogge, Wright, Rogge & Wiener, New York City, for petitioner; O. John Rogge, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of New York, New York City, for respondent; Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


WEINFELD, District Judge.

Petitioner, now serving a sentence of from seventeen and one-half to thirty-five years under a judgment of conviction entered in the County Court, Westchester County, on his plea of guilty to manslaughter in the first degree, seeks his release under a writ of habeas corpus.

He advances four grounds in support of his application, two of which do not present any issue of violation of federal constitutional rights,1...

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