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Angelet v. Fay, Warden
379 U.S. 815·Supreme Court of the United States·1964
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Opinion
No. 212,
Misc.
Angelet v. Fay, Warden.
Leon B. Pólsky for petitioner. • Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney; General of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant,' Attorney General, Barry Mahoney, Assistant Attorney General, and Brenda Soloff, Deputy Assistant Attorney- General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. ■ Case transferred to the appellate docket.