Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Platts v. Myers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 14, 1966No. Misc. 3208PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, District Judge.
The relator, a state prisoner, was convicted of robbery and was sentenced to ten to twenty years in prison. Having exhausted his state remedies pursuant to § 28 U.S.C. § 2254, he now petitions this court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on several grounds, all but one of which are devoid of merit and need not be discussed. The one remaining contention is the alleged denial of his right to the effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
The petitioner and two confederates were arrested for committing a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. William BentvenaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Robert Louis Porter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Harold L. Peek, Jr., and Susanna E. Peek v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- State v. EbingerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
- Brown v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- United States Ex Rel. Darrah v. BrierleyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- State v. JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 1968
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