U. S. A. EX REL. RICHARDSON v. JOHNSTON

No. 71-1409.

458 F.2d 392 (1972)

U. S. A. ex rel. Fred RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. Frank C. JOHNSTON.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Richardson, pro se.

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

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

In this habeas corpus case brought by a state prisoner, a certificate of probable cause was issued by the district court to afford this court an opportunity to consider the district court's ruling that Coleman v. Alabama, 399 U.S. 1, 90 S.Ct. 1999, 26 L.Ed.2d 387 (1970), was not retroactive. It is not retroactive. Adams v. Illinois,

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