United States ex rel. Cornitcher v. Myers

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

Relator’s petition for habeas corpus alleges that he is presently confined pursuant to a conviction and sentence imposed by a Pennsylvania court for the crime of rape. He bases his petition on three grounds: (1) His conviction was procured by perjured testimony; (2) “The testimony of Betty Barlow, and Hattie Mincy as to abduction, was ignored by the Grand Jury; yet, the Commonwealth insisted that this was the means by which the alleged Rape was accomplished;” and (3) statements of a co-defendant implicating relator were improperly admitted in evidence. We…