CHESNEY v. ROBINSON

Civ. No. H-75-181.

403 F.Supp. 306 (1975)

Archie CHESNEY v. Carl ROBINSON, Warden, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

November 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Churgin, Stephen Wizner, Yale Legal Services Organization, New Haven, Conn., for petitioner Aviam Soifer, University of Connecticut Law School, West Hartford, Conn., of counsel.

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


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

BLUMENFELD, District Judge.

Archie Chesney, presently an inmate at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, Connecticut, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the validity of his conviction for second degree murder. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254. Petitioner alleges that he was denied his sixth amendment right to confront one of the witnesses who testified...

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