UNITED STATES v. DYE

Civ. No. 10303.

103 F.Supp. 776 (1952)

UNITED STATES ex rel. THOMPSON v. DYE.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zeno Fritz and Louis C. Glasso, Pittsburgh, Pa., for relator.

Samuel Strauss, Asst. Dist. Atty. of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa., Randolph C. Ryder, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent.


MARSH, District Judge.

This action is before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Cleveland Thompson, the relator, was convicted of murder by a jury and sentenced to death. He alleges that he has been denied due process of law within the intent and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment in that his court-appointed counsel (1) inadequately investigated and prepared the case between the time of appointment and trial, and (2) failed to protect relator's...

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