Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Alexander v. Myers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 23, 1965No. Misc. No. 3078Published
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
The relator in his petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleges as grounds for *632granting the writ (1) that at his trial the Commonwealth withheld evidence favorable to the relator, and (2) that one of the Commonwealth’s witnesses was persuaded by another witness to testify against the relator. Neither of the grounds upon which he relies has been presented to any state court, and the petition must accordingly be dismissed for failure to exhaust available state ■remedies.
It may be noted parenthetically that petitioner has not complied with the rule of this…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Melvin Vaughn, Relator-Appellant v. J. Edwin Lavallee, as Warden of Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Joseph Oleif Whitley v. Warden William F. Steiner, Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- United States ex rel. Jones v. MyersDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1964