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UNITED STATES EX REL. PARSONS v. ADAMS

No. 204, Docket 71-1721.

456 F.2d 257 (1971)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Floyd PARSONS, Appellant, v. Frederick E. ADAMS, Warden, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, Connecticut, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Baran, Middletown, Conn. (Ralph Sluis, Baran & Sluis, Middletown, Conn., on the brief), for appellant.

Vincent J. Scamporino, Connecticut State Atty. for Middlesex County, for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, HAYS and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Floyd Parsons was convicted in a Connecticut state court of manslaughter. After all the evidence had been introduced at the trial, petitioner "requested" that the prosecution not be permitted both to open and close final oral argument to the jury as authorized by Conn.Gen.Stat.Ann. § 54-88 (1960) and Rules for the Superior Court § 479, Conn.Practice Book (1963). His request was refused. Petitioner was convicted and ultimately sentenced...

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