UNITED STATES v. RUNDLE

No. 16806.

389 F.2d 47 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James WHITING, Appellant, v. Alfred T. RUNDLE, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Whiting, pro se.

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

Before McLAUGHLIN, FREEDMAN and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Appellant is serving a life term for murder imposed by the Pennsylvania State Court after the entry of a plea of guilty on his behalf by his attorney. He appeals from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court. In his petition below he alleged, inter alia, that his plea was not intelligently made because he consented to plead guilty to murder in the Pennsylvania Court without being advised either by the court...

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