United States of America Ex Rel. Jacob Wissenfeld, Relator-Appellant v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden, Attica State Prison, Attica, New York

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1960-08-03

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LUMBARD, Chief Judge. This is an appeal by the relator, Jacob Wissenfeld, from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from New York’s Dannemora State Hospital. 1 Wissenfeld is confined there under sentence of 13% to 20 years imprison…

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