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YOUNT v. PATTON

Civ. A. No. 81-234.

537 F.Supp. 873 (1982)

Jon E. YOUNT, Petitioner, v. Earnest S. PATTON, Superintendent, SCI — Camp Hill, and Harvey Bartle III, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Schumacher, Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner.

F. Cortez Bell, Dist. Atty. of Clearfield County, Clearfield, Pa., for respondent.

OPINION

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

Presently before the court is the petition of Jon E. Yount for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his state court conviction of first degree murder is constitutionally infirm. We hold that Yount has failed to establish a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and therefore relief will be denied.

I. History of Case

Petitioner was indicted for the crimes of murder and rape...

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