United States ex rel. Johnson v. Rundle

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

In a trial before a judge without a jury in the State court, relator, Emanuel Johnson, was convicted on charges of rape, robbery and assault and battery with intent to ravish. He was sentenced to imprisonment for three consecutive terms of three to ten years each. In this habeas corpus petition he seeks to have the convictions set aside because they resulted from alleged violations of his constitutional rights. The violations charged are that:

1. the police were permitted to testify to alleged admissions made by Johnson at a time when he had not been advised of…