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UNITED STATES EX REL. WASHINGTON v. VINCENT

No. 248, Docket 75-2100.

525 F.2d 262 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Leon WASHINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Leon J. VINCENT, Warden, Greenhaven State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1975.

Certiorari Denied February 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Wall, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Ralph L. McMurry, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied February 23, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 1147.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

In March, 1967 Leon Washington was convicted of first degree murder. During the trial, Martin Anderson, a key prosecution witness who was under indictment for three felonies, repeatedly denied that he had been offered favorable treatment in exchange for his testimony. The prosecutor, who had indeed promised Anderson special consideration, made no effort to correct the perjurious...

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