UNITED STATES v. RUSSELL

No. 15681.

359 F.2d 795 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Edward J. SMITH, Appellant, v. Harry E. RUSSELL, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Smith, pro se.

Arlen Spector, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Rotko, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph M. Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, HASTIE and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery in a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania court. He is presently confined in a Commonwealth penal institution. His application for a writ of habeas corpus was denied in the district court.

Appellant made a statement after he was apprehended. When he signed the statement he admitted that he was told that anything in it would be used against him in the trial of the case, if the case was tried. He says that he...

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