UNITED STATES EX REL. SIEGAL v. FOLLETTE

Nos. 68-Civ. 3060, 68-Civ. 3059.

290 F.Supp. 632 (1968)

The UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Herbert S. SIEGAL, Esq., Petitioner, for and on behalf of Gerald Hartley, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, etc., v. Harold W. FOLLETTE, As Warden of Greenhaven State Prison, County of Dutchess, State of New York et al., Respondents. The UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Herbert S. SIEGAL, Esq., Petitioner, for and on behalf of Harold Munger, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, etc., v. Daniel McMANN, As Warden of Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, County of Clinton, Staet of New York et al., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

September 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Rauch, Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of New York, New York City, for respondents.

Herbert S. Siegal, New York City, for petitioners Harold Munger and Gerald Hartley.


MEMORANDUM

CROAKE, District Judge.

Gerald Hartley and Harold Munger have filed separate petitions for writs of habeas corpus, seeking their release from state prison pending appeal of their convictions to the New York Court of Appeals. They claim that a judge of that court unconstitutionally denied them bail on appeal.

Petitioners were tried together in Supreme Court, Bronx County, and sentenced on March 5, 1968; they appealed to the Appellate Division...

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