TOSTE v. LOPES

Civ. No. H-86-786(JAC).

701 F.Supp. 306 (1987)

William TOSTE, Petitioner, v. Raymond M. LOPES, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

December 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Bruckmann, Asst. Public Defender, New Haven, Conn., for petitioner.

Richard Jacobson, Asst. State's Atty., Bridgeport, Conn., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge.

The petitioner is an inmate at the Connecticut Correctional Institution in Somers. He brings this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner's sole claim is that the state obtained his conviction "by use of ... statements admitted without a sufficient showing that he had made a knowing and intelligent waiver of the...

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