UNITED STATES EX REL. SHANK v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENN.

No. 71-1071.

461 F.2d 61 (1972)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Harry SHANK, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Shank, pro se.

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

Before HASTIE and MAX ROSENN, Circuit Judges and McCUNE, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

McCUNE, District Judge.

Harry Shank has appealed an order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus entered September 9, 1970, by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Petitioner had filed a petition under the Pennsylvania Post-Conviction Hearing Act (19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq.) on February 20, 1968, and had been granted a hearing on the allegations contained therein on June 3, 1968. On October...

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