UNITED STATES v. MYERS

No. 16051.

374 F.2d 707 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Arthur JACKSON, Appellant, v. David N. MYERS, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Jackson, pro se.

Michael J. Rotko, Asst. Dist. Atty., Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa. (Alan J. Davis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and FORMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FORMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Arthur Jackson from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, denying, after an evidentiary hearing, the appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated robbery on July 25, 1962, and was sentenced by the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Philadelphia to a term of ten to twenty years. At...

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