PEOPLE EX REL. McCHESNEY v. LA VALLEE


31 A.D.2d 1 (1968)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Jerry McChesney, Appellant, v. J. Edwin La Vallee, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry McChesney, appellant in person.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Ruth Kessler Toch and Malcolm S. Goddard of counsel), for respondent.

GIBSON, P. J., HERLIHY, REYNOLDS and AULISI, JJ., concur.


STALEY, JR., J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term entered April 16, 1968, in Clinton County, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner was indicted on a charge of murder, in the first degree. On November 9, 1961 he and two codefendants were jointly tried by a jury which resulted in a verdict of guilty, and a judgment of conviction for the crime charged. On March...

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