Camara v. Scully’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Arce’s fifth asserted ground relates to the prosecutor’s conduct at trial. It is, however, well established that federal habeas corpus relief is not available on the basis of improper prosecutorial statements at trial “unless the errors, either singly or together, were so fundamentally unfair as to deny the defendant a fair trial.” Orr v. Schaeffer, 460 F.Supp. 964, 966 (S.D.N.Y.1978) (footnote omitted); see also Donnelly v. DeChristoforo, 416 U.S. 637 , 94 S.Ct. 1868 , 40 L.Ed.2d 431 (1974); Malley v. Manson, 547 F.2d 25 (2d Cir.1976), cert. denied, 430 U.S. 918 , 97 S.Ct. 1335 , 51 L.Ed.2d 598 (1977); United States ex rel. Colon v. Follette, 366 F.2d 775 (2d Cir.1966). The prosecutor’s summation at Arce’s trial was not so prejudicial. See, Malley v. Manson, supra, at 28.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 710 F. Supp. 920 - Arce v. Smith

2. “A federal court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus may interfere in state criminal proceedings only to correct errors of constitutional dimension.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rafael Flores v. Joseph Demskie, Superintendent of Woodbourne Correctional Facility