Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Freddie M. Johnson H-7496 v. Robert L. Johnson, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 16, 1973No. 72-1104PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for habeas corpus. Petitioner Johnson is in custody on a Pennsylvania sentence of life imprisonment following a jury verdict of first degree murder growing out of a robbery. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Commonwealth v. Johnson, 433 Pa. 34, 248 A.2d 840 (1969). Thereafter, in February of 1969, Johnson filed a petition under the Pennsylvania Post Conviction Hearing Act. A hearing on this petition was commenced on March 16, 1970, before Judge Edward J. Bradley of the…
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- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Gratton Earl Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United States of America Ex Rel. Roosevelt H. Green H-5734 v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Freddie M. Johnson v. Robert L. Johnson, Superintendent, Appeal of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Nat Villiam Wright v. State of North Carolina and David Henry, Warden, State's PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- United States Ex Rel. Mandrier v. HewittDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- United States ex rel. Owens v. MackDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974