UNITED STATES EX REL. COFFEY v. FOLLETTE

No. 541, Docket 33841.

423 F.2d 750 (1970)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Harbus, New York City, for appellant.

Joel Lewittes, 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 appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and CROAKE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

We affirm in open court the denial by the district court, without a hearing, of this petition for habeas corpus claiming constitutional error.

Petitioner, found guilty of the crime of burglary in the third degree on November 9, 1960, was sentenced as a second felony offender to a term of not less than six nor more than ten years imprisonment, which he is now serving. He bases this petition on a claim that...

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