UNITED STATES v. CASSCLES

No. 73-C-301.

358 F.Supp. 517 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Armstrong JOHN, Petitioner, v. J. Leland CASSCLES, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

May 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Kasanof, Legal Aid Society for petitioner; by Mark Levine, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., for respondent; by Hillel Hoffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


ZAVATT, District Judge.

This is a petition by a prisoner in state custody for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

The petitioner was tried to the court and a jury in Supreme Court, Kings County, New York from June 10 through June 19, 1968, and was found guilty of Manslaughter in the First Degree. On September 19, 1968, Judge Starkey, the trial judge, sentenced the petitioner to a term of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years.

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