UNITED STATES v. MYERS

No. 17122.

407 F.2d 1332 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James R. ROWLES, Appellant, v. David N. MYERS, Supt. and District Attorney for Cumberland County.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Rowles, pro se.

Harold E. Sheeley, Richard C. Snelbaker, Carlisle, Pa., for appellee.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

The appellant is a state prisoner whose petition for release on federal habeas corpus was denied by the court below. His principal argument now is that the district court erred in refusing to conduct a plenary evidentiary hearing on the question of the voluntariness of statements made by the appellant and used against him at his trial.

The record that was considered by the district court showed that in the course...

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