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UNITED STATES EX REL. DUMAS v. PATTERSON

No. 74 Civ. 603.

382 F.Supp. 217 (1974)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Frantz M. DUMAS, Petitioner, v. Hon. J. W. PATTERSON, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

October 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frantz M. Dumas, pro se.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., by Lillian Z. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for respondent.

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

OPINION

Facts and Proceedings to Date

Petitioner was tried and convicted in the New York State Supreme Court by a jury, and sentenced on June 20, 1972, to twelve years' imprisonment for manslaughter in the first degree. After trial but before sentencing, petitioner learned that William Powell, a key prosecution witness, had been under indictment for forgery at the time he testified against petitioner, a...

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