United States ex rel. Richardson v. Rundle

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

Relator, a State prisoner, was convicted of first degree murder after a trial by jury in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in March Term 1955 and is presently serving a life sentence in Graterford Correctional Institute. Relator directly appealed his conviction to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court where he argued that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for a change of venue and a continuance and in instructing the jury on his alibi defense. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed. Commonwealth v. Richardson, 392 Pa. 528, 140 A.2d 828 (1958).…