UNITED STATES v. RUSSELL

Civ. No. 67-262.

266 F.Supp. 93 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Donald C. PETERSON, Petitioner, v. Harry E. RUSSELL, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

April 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Peterson, pro se.

Louis Abromson, Asst. Dist. Atty., County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pa., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MARSH, District Judge.

Relator, Donald C. Peterson, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus alleging illegal detention for the following reasons: (1) coerced confession; (2) fraudulent deprivation of preliminary hearing before a magistrate; and (3) untimely assignment of inadequate and incompetent counsel.

In my opinion, the petition should be denied.

The records of relator's 11 convictions of burglary in a non-jury trial...

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