UNITED STATES EX REL. DESSUS v. COMMONWEALTH OF PA.

No. 19226.

452 F.2d 557 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Ronald James DESSUS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bender, University of Pa. Law School, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

James D. Crawford, Deputy Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus, 316 F.Supp. 411, raises many well-briefed constitutional questions, of which we find three to require extended discussion:

(1) whether this court has habeas corpus jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) where no custodial sentence has been imposed;

(2) whether introduction of evidence seized by police...

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