UNITED STATES v. FAY

No. 444, Docket 30499.

364 F.2d 219 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles HIGGINS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Edward FAY, Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, New York City (Anthony F. Marra, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.

Before FRIENDLY, HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granting appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, but staying the issuance of the writ on condition that the state either appeal the order or schedule a new trial. The district court held that the conviction violated appellee's rights under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because appellee was compelled, against his...

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