United States v. Murphy, No. 356
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | WATERMAN, FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit |
| Citation | 319 F.2d 897 |
| Decision Date | 02 July 1963 |
| Docket Number | Docket 27990.,No. 356 |
| Parties | UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Floyd Edgar MARTIN, Relator-Appellant, v. Robert E. MURPHY, Warden of Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New York, Respondent-Appellee. |
319 F.2d 897 (1963)
UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Floyd Edgar MARTIN, Relator-Appellant,
v.
Robert E. MURPHY, Warden of Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New York, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 356, Docket 27990.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
Argued May 28, 1963.
Decided July 2, 1963.
Charles A. Goldstein, Legal Aid Society, New York City (Anthony F. Marra, New York City, on the brief), for relator-appellant.
Sheldon Raab, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., and Irving Galt, Asst. Sol. Gen., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.
Before WATERMAN, FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Relator was convicted of first-degree murder in 1946; the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed without opinion by the New York Court of Appeals, People v. Martin, 296 N.Y. 982, 73 N.E. 2d 563 (1947), rearg. denied, 7 N.Y.2d 941, 197 N.Y.S.2d 1029, 165 N.E.2d 585, motion to amend remittitur denied, 7 N.Y.2d 942, 197 N.Y.S.2d 1029, 165 N.E. 2d 585, cert denied, 362 U.S. 980, 80 S.Ct. 1068, 4 L.Ed.2d 1015 (1960). Seeking federal relief, he then turned to the District Court for the Northern District of New York, where his petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied, 187 F.Supp. 395 (N.D.N.Y.1960). This Court ordered a remand on its own motion "for a determination whether the relator was timely notified of his right to counsel after arraignment." The District Court held a hearing and again denied the petition. 208 F.Supp. 562 (N.D.N.Y.1962). This appeal is taken from that order of denial.
In brief summary, the facts upon which relator seeks to invalidate his conviction as lacking due process of law are these: He was arrested on July 30, 1946 and interrogated for about six hours, after which he signed a lengthy confession of guilt. The next afternoon he was arraigned before a Justice of the Peace, with the local District Attorney present, and advised of his right to counsel, to which he replied that he would "wait until some time later before I have any lawyers". Relator apparently denies that he was so advised, although both of the officials present testified at the hearing before the Court below that they did advise relator of his rights and that relator
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