UNITED STATES v. LaVALLEE

No. 68 Civ. 558.

285 F.Supp. 233 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Leroy VANDERHORST, Relator, v. Hon. J. Edwin LaVALLEE, as Warden of Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New York, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony F. Marra, New York City, for relator; William E. Hellerstein, New York City, of counsel.

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


OPINION

FRANKEL, District Judge.

On the night of April 15, 1964, Harold Johnson, Jr., was shot in the back of the head and killed. Some 24 hours later the petitioner was charged with the slaying. Indicted for first-degree murder, he was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to prison for the mandatory minimum term of 20 years to life. The conviction was affirmed by the New York Appellate Division, First Department, on March...

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