Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. George W. Craig v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 30, 1965No. 14960_1PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
George W. Craig, presently confined in the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, under a life sentence for murder, pursuant to his conviction on September 27, 1960, appeals from the order of May 28, 1964 of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus.
A certificate of probable cause and permission to prosecute his appeal in forma pauperis were granted by order of this court.
In his application for the writ Craig proffered thirty-six grounds for relief. Each is phrased in…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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