DARCY v. HANDY

No. 323.

351 U.S. 454 (1956)

UNITED STATES EX REL. DARCY v. HANDY, WARDEN, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Margiotti argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Morton Witkin.

Frank P. Lawley, Jr., Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Herbert B. Cohen, Attorney General, and Donald W. Van Artsdalen.


MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question before us is whether the accused, who is under a sentence of death, imposed by a Pennsylvania court and jury for murder committed during the course of an armed robbery, was tried under such prejudicial circumstances and improper influences that he was denied the due process of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The charges in this federal habeas corpus...

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