UNITED STATES EX REL. WOODEN v. VINCENT

No. 73 Civ. 4973.

391 F.Supp. 1260 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William WOODEN, Petitioner, v. Leon J. VINCENT, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional Facility, Stormville, New York, Respondent.

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

July 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kadane & Spizz, Community Legal Assistance Corp., Hempstead, N. Y., for petitioner, by David K. Kadane, Harvey W. Spizz, Malachy T. Mahon, Hempstead, N. Y., of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., for respondent, by Arlene R. Silverman, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


OPINION AND ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

William Wooden, the petitioner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus to overturn his conviction in the Nassau County Court, on May 18, 1970, after a trial by jury, of Murder, Manslaughter First Degree, Robbery First Degree and Grand Larceny, Third Degree. Wooden was sentenced to concurrent terms, the minimum providing twenty-five years to life imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed without opinion by the Appellate...

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