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UNITED STATES EX REL. THOMAS v. ZELKER

No. 70 Civ. 3323.

332 F.Supp. 595 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Norman THOMAS, Petitioner, v. Hon. John ZELKER, Warden, Green Haven State Prison, Stormville, New York, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

As amended July 28 and November 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin D. Kraft, New York City, for petitioner.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York, for respondent; Hillel Hoffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

OPINION

FRANKEL, District Judge.

Convicted after a one-day bench trial on May 6, petitioner was sentenced on July 10, 1968, to concurrent terms of 6 to 18 years for robbery and 5 to 15 years for attempted rape. In his pro se petition for habeas corpus, he made a number of seemingly footless contentions plus a more plausible assertion that his state representation by Legal Aid counsel had been below the modest minimum the Federal Constitution has been...

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