JENNINGS v. RAGEN

No. 185, Misc.

358 U.S. 276 (1959)

UNITED STATES EX REL. JENNINGS v. RAGEN, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petitioner pro se.

Latham Castle, Attorney General of Illinois, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted.

Petitioner, confined under sentence of an Illinois court following his conviction of armed robbery, sought a writ of habeas corpus from the Federal District Court. His petition contained allegations, primarily concerning the introduction into evidence at his trial of a confession coerced by physical mistreatment by police officers, which...

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