UNITED STATES EX REL. PINDER v. ZIEGLER

Civ. A. No. 70-2296.

325 F.Supp. 379 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Leon PINDER v. John T. ZIEGLER, Superintendent, Broad-meadows Prison, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen P. Belefonte, Kassab, Cherry, Curran & Archbold, Chester, Pa., for Leon Pinder.

Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., Dist. Atty., Delaware County, by Ralph B. D'Orio, Asst. Dist. Atty., for the Commonwealth.


OPINION AND ORDER

HANNUM, District Judge.

Presently before the court is a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which relator, Leon Pinder, attacks his conviction for "Lottery" and "Traffic in Lottery Tickets", on Bill of Indictment No. 100, December Sessions, 1967, Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Relator challenges the legality of his confinement upon the grounds that: (1) his conviction was based upon evidence...

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