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UNITED STATES EX REL. DARRAH v. BRIERLEY

No. 17702.

415 F.2d 9 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Frank E. DARRAH, Appellant, v. Joseph R. BRIERLEY, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lewis, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Joseph J. Musto, Roger F. Cox, Asst. Dist. Attys., James D. Crawford, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GERALD McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the District Court denying appellant Darrah's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The latter was based on Darrah's contention that his pleas of guilty were induced by a coerced confession, that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel both at trial and at sentencing and, that his sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

Appellant pleaded...

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