United States Ex Rel. Kilheffer v. Plowfield

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUYETT, District Judge.

Petitioner Jay Kilheffer, who stands convicted in the courts of Pennsylvania of obstructing an officer in the execution of process, 18 P.S. § 4314 (Act of June 1939, P.L. 872, § 314, as amended), 1 superceded by 18 P.S. § 5104 (Act of December 1972, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1), has filed a counseled petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 2 The criminal charges against petitioner stem from a confrontation that occurred between a gathering of youths and the local police in a public park in Lancaster, Pa., on the evening of July 10, 1971.…