United States ex rel. Brown v. Russell

OPINION AND ORDER

MASTERSON, District Judge.

Relator and his co-defendant Robert Robinson were arrested on March 8, 1966 on a charge of aggravated robbery, namely, forcibly taking $12.01 from one Glenn Scott, a newspaper-boy. Having signed a jury waiver form they were tried jointly before a judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County on June 17, 1966. Relator and his co-defendant were convicted and both received sentences of 15 months to 5 years. Relator did not appeal his conviction. Relator was paroled after serving 20Yz months, but was reincarcerated on June 29, 1968 as a…