United States ex rel. Whalen v. Bookbinder

KRAFT, District Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding the relator, Edward J. Whalen, seeks to invalidate his conviction in the State Court of Pennsylvania for armed robbery. He has been ably represented in this proceeding by court-appointed counsel, Jerome E. Ornsteen, Esq. As the sole basis of his claim for relief in this court relator alleges that perjured testimony, falsely identifying him as the robber, was knowingly used by the police and district attorney’s staff in procuring his conviction. We have fully examined the records of all proceedings, criminal and habeas corpus, heretofore…