United States ex rel. Johnson v. Rundle

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant brought his petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that his conviction 1 on charges of rape and robbery in the Pennsylvania state courts was constitutionally defective, in that evidence obtained as a result of an illegal arrest was used against him; certain admissions elicited by the police were introduced at trial, despite the fact that they had been made without appellant’s being advised of his constitutional rights; and there was such a lack of evidence on which to support a conviction…