UNITED STATES EX REL. LISS v. MANCUSI

No. 716, Docket 34135.

427 F.2d 225 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William R. LISS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Vincent R. MANCUSI, Warden, Attica State Prison, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Sandler, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before HAYS, ANDERSON and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Late in the evening of December 21, 1958, at Laughlin's bar in Buffalo, New York, the petitioner William R. Liss met Mrs. Judy McCullom, 22 years old, whom he had known for about a year. They had a drink there, then went to a restaurant where they had dinner, after which they betook themselves to Liss' apartment. While there he strangled Mrs. McCullom and removed her body to the embankment of the Niagara River, where he concealed it. The frozen...

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