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UNITED STATES EX REL. FAISON v. BRIERLEY

Civ. A. No. 70-3413.

329 F.Supp. 988 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Lamar FAISON v. Joseph R. BRIERLEY, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lamar Faison, pro se.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

OPINION

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

Relator, a state prisoner serving a life sentence following his conviction for murder in the first degree in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County, seeks a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was denied due process of law for the following reasons: (1) the use of an involuntary confession at trial; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel; (3) improper voir dire; (4) introduction of irrelevant and...

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