UNITED STATES v. MARONEY

Civ. A. No. 61-27.

194 F.Supp. 154 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John GIOVENGO, Petitioner, v. James F. MARONEY, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh 33, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jay L. Benedict, Jr., Dist. Atty., Franklin County, Chambersburg, Pa., for defendant.


McILVAINE, District Judge.

This case comes before this Court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus raising the question of whether the right to a speedy trial, including final disposition and sentence, is protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The sentence which petitioner is presently serving arises out of offenses to which he entered a guilty plea on April 11, 1955, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The offenses charged were burglary...

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