Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. McCowin v. Powell
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 6, 1972No. 1441PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MUIR, District Judge.
On May 11, 1967, a jury in the Court of Quarter Sessions of York County, Pennsylvania found Albert Leroy Mc-Cowin guilty of rape. McCowin has filed in this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks to have his conviction for rape voided on the grounds that the pre-trial identification proceeding and the trial judge’s charge violated his constitutional rights. His petition will be denied.
In support of the motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment which he presented to the trial court, McCowin contended that the “pretrial lineup conducted in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Raymond Palmer v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- United States of Amercia Ex Rel. Emile A. Turner, H-6528 v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuptCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States ex rel. Rakshys v. DeRamusDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- U. S. Ex Rel. McCowin v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973