UNITED STATES EX REL. LOPEZ v. ZELKER

No. 72 Civ. 1117.

344 F.Supp. 1050 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Gustavo LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Hon. John L. ZELKER, etc., Respondent.

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

May 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kasanof, New York City, for petitioner; Pierce Gerety, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York, for respondent; Brenda Soloff, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


OPINION

FRANKEL, District Judge.

On June 16, 1967, petitioner shot and killed Michael Descartes. The next day he left for California (and then Mexico), and he did not return to New York until some months later.

On July 24, 1967, petitioner was indicted by a New York County grand jury for first-degree murder. A federal arrest warrant was issued for him on December 1, 1967, for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder.

On April 18, 1968...

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