WRIGHT v. SMITH

No. Civ-74-464.

434 F.Supp. 339 (1977)

William E. WRIGHT, Petitioner, v. Harold J. SMITH, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

June 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert I. Gannon, Buffalo, N. Y., for petitioner.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York (James L. Kennedy, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for respondent.


CURTIN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner William E. Wright was convicted of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree (violations of New York Penal Law §§ 160.15 and 160.10, respectively) on August 3, 1972, following a jury trial in Erie County Court. In his application to this court for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner has presented four grounds which he claims require reversal of his conviction:

(1) the pre-trial identification procedures...

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