OPINION OF THE COURT
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from an order of a district court granting habeas corpus to Ralph Staino, a state prisoner serving a term for burglary and larceny, we consider whether the procedures, including the use of a so-called "tacit admission", employed by the state in obtaining the conviction deprived Staino of his liberty without due process of law.
The crime charged was a burglary...
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