WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner applies for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge from State custody. He was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree in the County Court, Queens County, State of New York. He was sentenced to death on March 24, 1961. The judgment of conviction was affirmed without opinion by the New York State Court of Appeals on February 22, 1962.
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