UNITED STATES v. MYERS

Misc. No. 2912.

244 F.Supp. 169 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Francis O'HALLORAN v. David N. MYERS, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis O'Halloran, in pro. per.

Lawrence Goldberg, Philadelphia, Pa. (Court appointed), for relator.

James C. Crumlish, Jr., Dist. Atty. of Philadelphia County, Gordon Gelfond, Ass't. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Walter E. Alessandroni, Atty. Gen. of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa., for respondent.


GRIM, District Judge.

Relator in 1951 was tried and convicted of several robberies for which he presently is incarcerated. In this habeas corpus petition, he asserts that his constitutional rights have been violated by the denial of the assistance of counsel at his preliminary hearings and pre-trial arraignment and by the alleged inadequate assistance of counsel at his trial and post-trial proceedings.

Counsel for relator was appointed by this court and a...

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