TROPIANO v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 14157.

323 F.Supp. 964 (1971)

Ralph Whitey TROPIANO, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

February 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. LaSala, New Haven, Conn., for petitioner.

Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., and Leslie Byelas, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for respondent.


TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

Petitioner Tropiano's motion to vacate sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1964), presents the questions (1) whether the refusal of counsel for co-defendant Grasso to permit Grasso to testify at the trial (assuming arguendo the truth of such allegation) denied Tropiano his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and his Fifth Amendment right to due process...

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