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UNITED STATES v. BRIERLEY

No. 72-1015.

467 F.2d 572 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Samuel STOKES, C-6867, Appellant, v. Joseph BRIERLEY, Supt.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Stokes, pro se.

J. Kent Culley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Robert W. Duggan, Dist. Atty. of Allegheny County, Carol Mary Los, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, ADAMS and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner is presently incarcerated in a state correctional institution serving a life sentence imposed following a conviction by a jury of first-degree murder. An appeal from the conviction was taken to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which affirmed. Commonwealth v. Stokes, 409 Pa. 268, 186 A.2d 5 (1962). The petitioner...

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