UNITED STATES v. YEAGER

Nos. 14187-14189.

327 F.2d 311 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Sylvester JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Howard YEAGER, Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison. UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Stanley CASSIDY, Appellant, v. Howard YEAGER, Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison. UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Wayne GODFREY, Appellant, v. Howard YEAGER, Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1963.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1964.

On Rehearing January 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis R. Reitz, Philadelphia, Pa. (Stanford Shmukler, Philadelphia, Pa., M. Gene Haeberle, Camden, N. J., on the brief), for appellants.

Norman Heine, Camden County Prosecutor, Camden, N. J., for appellee.

Before KALODNER, HASTIE and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied in Nos. 14187 and 14189 January 24, 1964.

On Rehearing in No. 14188 January 24, 1964.

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

Three New Jersey state prisoners, under sentence of death for first-degree murder, have taken these appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denying their petition for habeas corpus.1 The principal contention of the appellants is that due process of...

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