UNITED STATES v. BURKE

No. 9945.

176 F.2d 96 (1949)

UNITED STATES ex rel. KENNEDY v. BURKE, Warden.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Kennedy, pro se.

No brief filed for appellee.

Before O'CONNELL and KALODNER, Circuit Judges, and LEAHY, District Judge.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

On a previous occasion we were obliged to reverse a dismissal by the District Court, of the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus to secure to Kennedy a hearing on the question whether, at the time of his arraignment, plea and sentence in the Dauphin County Court of Pennsylvania, his "* * * situation was one in which fundamental fairness required that he be represented by counsel." 3 Cir., 1949, 173 F.2d 544...

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