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JACKSON v. SCULLY

No. 249, Docket 85-2202.

781 F.2d 291 (1986)

Jesse James JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles C. SCULLY, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Miller Struve, New York City (Davis, Polk & Wardwell, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Bruce E. Whitney, Mineola, Dist. Atty. of Nassau County (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N.Y.), for respondent-appellee.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, CARDAMONE and MINER, Circuit Judges.

MINER, Circuit Judge:

Jesse James Jackson appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Griesa, J.), denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In March of 1975, Jackson was convicted in Nassau County Court of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifteen years to life. The Appellate Division affirmed his conviction without...

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