UNITED STATES EX REL. TORRES v. MANCUSI

No. 295, Docket 33641.

427 F.2d 168 (1970)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Frank R. TORRES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Vincent R. MANCUSI, Warden, Attica State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Windels, Jr., Francis E. Koch, Windels, Merritt & Ingraham, New York City, of counsel, for petitioner-appellant.

Arlene R. Silverman, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of New York, for respondent-appellee.

Before WATERMAN, HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant in this case, Frank R. Torres, was convicted by a special jury in the New York Supreme Court, New York County, of the crimes of murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree. Having exhausted his state remedies, he now seeks federal habeas corpus, alleging that his conviction should be held invalid on grounds that the use of a special or "blue-ribbon" jury in his case violated the due process and equal protection clauses of...

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