UNITED STATES v. BOOKBINDER

No. M-2520.

230 F.Supp. 992 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Edward J. WHALEN v. Saul BOOKBINDER, Warden, and Edward Hendricks, Head of Philadelphia Prisons.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome E. Ornsteen, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

James C. Crumlish, Jr., Dist. Atty. of Philadelphia County, Arthur Marion, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


KRAFT, District Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding the relator, Edward J. Whalen, seeks to invalidate his conviction in the State Court of Pennsylvania for armed robbery. He has been ably represented in this proceeding by court-appointed counsel, Jerome E. Ornsteen, Esq. As the sole basis of his claim for relief in this court relator alleges that perjured testimony, falsely identifying him as the robber, was knowingly used by the police and district attorney...

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