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BEESLEY v. SMITH

No. 82 Civ. 6221(MEL).

582 F.Supp. 727 (1984)

Edward BEESLEY, Petitioner, v. Harold J. SMITH, Warden, Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

March 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, for petitioner; Henriette E. Hoffman, New York City, of counsel.

Robert M. Morgenthau, Dist. Atty. for New York County, New York City, for respondent; Norman Barclay, Phyllis A. Monroe, Asst. Dist. Attys., New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

Edward Beesley petitions for a writ of habeas corpus to set aside a judgment rendered July 17, 1967 by which he was convicted, upon a plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the first degree, under New York Penal Law § 1050.1 Beesley was sentenced to an indeterminate term between ten and seventeen and one-half years. He is now on parole after having served fifteen years of his sentence.

Beesley alleges that...

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