PEARSON v. SMITH

No. CIV-79-656.

500 F.Supp. 781 (1980)

Rayford PEARSON, Petitioner, v. Harold J. SMITH, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility and The Attorney General of The State of New York, Respondents.

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

November 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rayford Pearson, pro se.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Albany, N. Y., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ELFVIN, District Judge.

This is a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is currently serving an 8 1/3 years-to-life sentence for the possession and sale of narcotics, imposed October 7, 1975 by the Honorable Leon N. Armer, Erie County Supreme Court, after a hearing held August 4 and September 2, 1975 and a trial before Justice Armer and a jury commencing September 3 and concluding (with several interruptions...

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