UNITED STATES EX REL. SMITH v. DiBELLA

Civ. No. 13862.

314 F.Supp. 446 (1970)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Wilber G. SMITH v. Alma DiBELLA, Chief Clerk, Circuit Court, 14th Circuit, Hartford, Judge John J. Daly, Chief Judge, Circuit Court, Cornelius J. Shea, Chief Prosecutor, Circuit Court, Patrick J. Hogan, Sheriff, Hartford County, Thomas J. Vaughan, Chief of Police, Hartford, and Daniel A. Leone, Warden, Community Correctional Center, Hartford.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

June 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Ellis, Hartford, Conn., for petitioner.

Cornelius J. Shea, Chief Prosecutor, Circuit Court, 14th Circuit, Hartford, Conn., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

BLUMENFELD, District Judge.

In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner claims to be in custody in violation of the Constitution by reason of a denial of his right to an appeal from a criminal conviction. He seeks release from custody unless within a reasonable time he is granted an appeal by the state courts. His asserted grounds for relief are (1) a violation of his sixth amendment...

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