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FLOYD v. MEACHUM

No. 1183, Docket 89-2463.

907 F.2d 347 (1990)

Robert L. FLOYD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry MEACHUM, Commissioner of Correction, State of Connecticut, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy H. Everett, Hartford, Conn., University of Connecticut, School of Law Legal Clinic, for petitioner-appellant.

Steven M. Sellers, Wallingford, Conn., Asst. State's Atty., Chief, Appellate Unit, Office of the Chief State's Atty., for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, FEINBERG and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is one of those rare cases where the improper comments in a prosecutor's summation were so numerous and, in combination, so prejudicial that a new trial is required. Petitioner Robert L. Floyd appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, J., denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In January 1985, after a jury trial in Connecticut...

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