UNITED STATES v. MARONEY

Civ. A. No. 64-320.

231 F.Supp. 154 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Peter GOMINO v. James F. MARONEY, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Rothman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner.

Robert Duggan, Dist. Atty. of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa., Walter E. Alessandroni, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for respondent.


GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding, state remedies have been exhausted as required by 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254.

The key issue is whether or not petitioner's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated when the state court refused to hold a preliminary hearing, absent the jury, at which time he could testify to the involuntary nature of a tacit admission, but instead submitted the issue of voluntariness of said tacit admission to...

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