UNITED STATES v. RUNDLE

No. 16531.

381 F.2d 370 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Frank Lee ARMSTEAD, H-4872, Appellant, v. A. T. RUNDLE, Former Supt., and Joseph R. Brierley, Present Supt.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Lee Armstead, pro se.

Charles A. Haddad, Arlen Specter, Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, Pa. (Alan J. Davis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Division, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges, and VAN DUSEN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM

The District Court, after full hearing, denied the appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, on its fact-finding that there was no merit to the appellant's contention that his guilty plea on an indictment charging him with murder, was "involuntary" in that it was brought about by a "coerced confession which was beaten out of him" by a Philadelphia detective.

On review of the record we are of the opinion that...

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