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WILSON v. HENDERSON

No. 1054, Docket 83-2113.

742 F.2d 741 (1984)

Joseph Allan WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hon. Robert J. HENDERSON, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ida C. Wurczinger, New York City (Philip S. Weber, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Jeremy Gutman, Asst. Dist. Atty., New York City (Mario Merola, Dist. Atty., Steven R. Kartagener, Asst. Dist. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before TIMBERS, VAN GRAAFEILAND and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from an order that denied habeas corpus relief. Reversing that order and granting petitioner his habeas remedy emphasizes not that a court likes or thinks it wise to reverse a conviction, but rather that a conviction obtained by means that offend constitutional principles may not stand. Here the State's use of a jailhouse informant placed in petitioner's cell by prearrangement to elicit...

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