SOUZA v. HOWARD

No. 73-1099.

488 F.2d 462 (1973)

Anthony SOUZA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Francis A. HOWARD, Warden, Adult Correctional Institutions, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Gonnella, Providence, R. I., for appellant.

Donald P. Ryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Richard J. Israel, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, and KILKENNY and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


KILKENNY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant's claims grow out of his indictment, trial and conviction in the superior court of the state of Rhode Island and his five day incarceration in the Cumberland County jail in that state. He, with another,1 was convicted of first degree murder in a jury trial. The conviction was affirmed by the supreme court of that state. R.I., 292 A.2d 214 (1972).

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