UNITED STATES v. JOHNSTON

No. 11875.

235 F.2d 958 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Alfred J. ACKERMAN, Appellant, v. Frank C. JOHNSTON, Warden, Western State Penitentiary.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1956.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Hanson Matson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Wendell G. Freeland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Samuel Strauss, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Edward C. Boyle, Dist. Atty. of Allegheny County, S. Donald Wiley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, GOODRICH, Circuit Judge, and VAN DUSEN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The record demonstrates that the relator-appellant, Ackerman, has failed to exhaust his State remedies on the issue of denial of due process by reason of widespread pretrial publicity which is alleged to have created an atmosphere of hysteria and prejudice. It is conceded by Ackerman that the issue of such pervasive and unfavorable publicity was not submitted to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth v. Ackerman, 176 Pa.Super...

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