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LANDANO v. RAFFERTY

Civ. A. No. 85-4777.

670 F.Supp. 570 (1987)

Vincent James LANDANO, Petitioner, v. John J. RAFFERTY, Superintendent, Rahway State Prison, and Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

September 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Mullin, Smith, Mullin & Kiernan, P.C., West Orange, N.J., for petitioner.

Leslie Schwartz, Deputy Atty. Gen., Appellate Div., Office of the Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for respondents.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

The murder of a police officer is a tragic event, not only for the loss sustained by the officer's family, but because it is the ultimate symbol of lawlessness. That tragedy is compounded however, if there is a risk that an innocent person has been convicted of such a despicable crime. The record in this case demonstrates that there is just such a risk, but because of binding ...

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