WILLIAMS v. HENDERSON

No. 77-C-2547.

451 F.Supp. 328 (1978)

Frank WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. Robert HENDERSON, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

May 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen Bodian, of Prisoner's Legal Services of New York, New York City, for petitioner.

Atty. Gen. Louis J. Lefkowitz, New York City, by Gale D. Berg, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for respondent.


COSTANTINO, District Judge.

This is a petition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for a writ of habeas corpus brought on the ground that the petitioner was denied due process of law at his state trial by virtue of prosecutorial misconduct. The petition alleges that the prosecutor's improper cross-examination of petitioner, compounded by his improper summation, deprived petitioner of a fair trial in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment....

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