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UNITED STATES v. MYERS

No. 16493.

383 F.2d 985 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Thomas MARINO, Appellant, v. D. N. MYERS, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Ryan, III, Duffy, Galbally, Anderson & O'Brien, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Welsh S. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., (Charles A. Haddad, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alan J. Davis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Division, Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and MARIS and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the denial by the district court, 261 F.Supp. 151, of a writ of habeas corpus sought by the relator, who had been convicted of murder in the first degree in a Pennsylvania court and is now serving a term of imprisonment for life. The sole basis alleged for the writ is that evidence of prior criminal convictions was admitted at his trial for the purpose of assisting...

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