SIMMONS v. ARVONIO

Civ. No. 86-4274.

796 F.Supp. 777 (1992)

Lawrence SIMMONS, Petitioner, v. Patrick ARVONIO, Superintendent, East Jersey State Prison, Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Office of the Passaic County Prosecutor and Paterson Police Department, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Vincent Saykanic, Clifton, N.J., for petitioner.

Ronald S. Fava, Passaic County Prosecutor, Paterson, N.J., for respondents.


OPINION

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

This is an action by petitioner, Lawrence Simmons pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to obtain a writ of habeas corpus.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Petitioner was charged in a Passaic County Indictment, along with codefendants David Wilson1 and Donald Phillips,2 for the May 27, 1977 murder of Dr. David Doktor...

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