UNITED STATES v. FOLLETTE

No. 69 Civ. 5287.

311 F.Supp. 490 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Matthew WALKER, Petitioner, v. Hon. Harold W. FOLLETTE, Warden of Green Haven Prison, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

February 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Walker, pro se.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, by Hillel Hoffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for respondent.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

Petitioner is presently serving a 15 to 35 year term in Green Haven State Prison, pursuant to his conviction in 1963 in the Suffolk County Court of the crimes of rape, attempted robbery, grand larceny, and possession and use of a dangerous weapon. Claiming that he was deprived of a fair trial by the prosecutor's introduction against him of two prior convictions obtained when he was without benefit of counsel, he now petitions for a writ...

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