UNITED STATES v. DAY

No. 11516.

220 F.2d 746 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Nathaniel FIRMSTONE, Appellant, v. Charles G. DAY, Warden, State Penitentiary.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1955.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Firmstone, pro se.

Daniel F. Knittle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Markin R. Knight, Dist. Atty., Williamsport, Pa., Frank P. Lawley, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Herbert B. Cohen, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before MARIS and HASTIE, Circuit Judges, and WILLSON, District Judge.


Writ of Certiorari Denied June 6, 1955. See 75 S.Ct. 902.

PER CURIAM.

The relator, a prisoner confined in a Pennsylvania state penitentiary under sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery of Lycoming County under the Pennsylvania Habitual Criminals Act, 18 P.S. § 5108, appeals from the dismissal by the district court of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The relator previously applied to...

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