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CARUSO v. ZELINSKY

Civ. A. No. 79-3215.

515 F.Supp. 676 (1981)

Dominick CARUSO, Petitioner, v. Mr. Donald ZELINSKY, Acting Superintendent, Youth Reception & Correction Center, Yardville, New Jersey; and John Degnan, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended July 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg, Margolis, Ziegler & Schwartz by Stephen N. Dratch, Roseland, N. J., for petitioner.

John J. Degnan, Atty. Gen. by Allan J. Nodes, Deputy Atty. Gen., Div. of Crim. Justice, Appellate Section, Princeton, N. J., for respondents.

OPINION

STERN, District Judge.

In this petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, petitioner Dominick Caruso contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at four critical stages of the proceedings which culminated in his present incarceration.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In the early morning of June 4, 1972, two white men drove through the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey, randomly threatening...

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