Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Lofton v. Myers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 1, 1966No. Misc. No. 3161PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, District Judge.
The relator was sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder by a three judge panel of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery of Philadelphia County after he had entered a plea of guilty to murder generally. He now petitions this Court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, alleging that his constitutional rights were violated due to ineffective assistance of counsel, the failure to have counsel at his preliminary hearing, and the failure to be advised of his right to remain silent and of his right to counsel prior to the signing of his confession.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Charles French, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- 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
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LoftonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- United States ex rel. Fink v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- McDonald v. MiddlebrooksDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1966
- Louisiana ex rel. Picard v. AllgoodDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967