UNITED STATES v. CAVELL

No. 725.

251 F.Supp. 779 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. A. C. CAVELL, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court M. D. Pennsylvania.

March 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Washington, pro se.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Rotko, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


FOLLMER, District Judge.

William Washington, a prisoner at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, filed this Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, in forma pauperis, in this Court. He makes the following allegations: (1) That he was "denied benefit of counsel during interrogation and preliminary hearing"; (2) that there were "inadequately established grounds for unlawful use of narcotics" at his trial; and (3) that charge of burglary...

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