UNITED STATES EX REL. KENNY v. FOLLETTE

No. 166, Docket 31699.

410 F.2d 1276 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles KENNY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hon. Harold W. FOLLETTE, Warden, Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen White Oberman, New York City (Anthony F. Marra, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Amy Juviler, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York and Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge:

This appeal by a state prisoner concerns the propriety of the district court's finding, after a hearing, that appellant had waived his right to contest the validity of a predicate New York State conviction used in sentencing him as a second felony offender.

Charles Kenny is presently incarcerated pursuant to a judgment of the Kings County Supreme Court, rendered on October 27, 1965, convicting him on his plea of guilty to second degree...

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