United States of America Ex Rel. George Robert Brown v. Ward Lane, as Warden of the Indiana State Prison

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

The matter before us is based upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by George Robert Brown, petitioner, who is under sentence of death imposed by the Lake County (Indiana) Criminal Court upon a conviction of murder in the perpetration of robbery. The District Court granted the petition and issued the writ.

After petitioner was convicted in the State court, he filed a motion for a new trial which was denied. He perfected a timely appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court and the judgment of the lower court was affirmed. A petition for a writ of certiorari was denied…