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Criminal Law · MBE-tested
Marcelin v. Mancusi, Correctional Superintendent
410 U.S. 917·Supreme Court of the United States·1973
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Opinion
No. 72-5773.
Marcelin v. Mancusi, Correctional Superintendent.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Mr. Justice Douglas would grant certiorari because on reading the record and Judge Kaufman’s dissent in the Court of Appeals, 462 F. 2d 36, 46, he believes a substantial question is raised whether petitioner had effective assistance of counsel in the trial for murder. Cf. Ellis v. United States, 356 U. S. 674, 675.