United States of America Ex Rel. Nathaniel Watson H-4614 v. Richard W. Lindsey, Chairman, Pennsylvania Department of Probation and Parole

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUNTER, Circuit Judge.

Relator Nathaniel Watson petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, attacking his convictions in the Pennsylvania Courts under three different indictments. The District Court granted the writ as to one of the indictments, but denied it as to the two others. United States ex rel. Watson v. Mazurkiewicz, 326 F.Supp. 622 (E.D.Pa.1971). Relator appeals from the District Court’s order insofar as it denies the writ.

During 1964, as a result of three separate arrests, relator was indicted for seven separate crimes. On February 24, 1965, and May 24, 1965, relator…