UNITED STATES v. MYERS

No. 15169.

378 F.2d 398 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Edwin W. GOCKLEY, Appellant, v. David N. MYERS, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Robert Fiebach, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Ralph J. Alhouse, Asst. Dist. Atty., Reading, Pa., for appellee.

Before KALODNER, HASTIE and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by a state prisoner from a denial, without plenary hearing, of his petition for habeas corpus presents two principal contentions; that the government's case included evidence obtained by unreasonable search and seizure and that coerced incriminating statements were introduced as evidence against him. The charge was murder and the petitioner was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced...

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