United States ex rel. Dickel v. Rundle

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

This habeas corpus relator, a state prisoner, seeks his release from custody under a 10-20 year sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to Bills of Indictment Nos. 190(a), 190(b) and 191 in the Lancaster County Court of Quarter Sessions, September Term, 1967. He alleges that his guilty plea was not voluntary in that it was induced by the conditions of his incarceration and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Dickel has presented these allegations to the state courts through a Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA)…