OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denying a writ of habeas corpus.
The appellant ("petitioner"), a state prisoner, was convicted of murder in the first degree with the penalty fixed at life imprisonment in 1962. Following his conviction, the petitioner's counsel filed motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. Thereafter...
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