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UNITED STATES EX REL. WALTERS v. RUNDLE

No. 18145.

424 F.2d 488 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Sherman WALTERS H-2301, Appellant, v. A. T. RUNDLE, Supt., Graterford Corr. Institution.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman Walters, pro se.

Edward G. Rendell, Asst. Dist. Atty., James D. Crawford, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Division, Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia Pa., on the brief, for appellee.

Before SEITZ, VAN DUSEN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is taken from a district court denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In early 1962 appellant was arrested and charged with the murder of a Philadelphia woman. He subsequently signed a confession admitting the killing. Three months later counsel were appointed. After the Commonwealth stipulated that the crime rose no higher than second-degree murder, appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally. A degree...

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