Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Spears v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 19, 1967No. Misc. 3447PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN W. LORD, Jr., District Judge.
This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Relator alleges that he received ineffective assistance of counsel (in both Indictments 1549 and 1555). He further contends that a confession was admitted into evidence against him without a proper determination of its voluntariness (as to Indictment 1549), and that a prior withdrawn guilty plea was admitted into evidence against him (as to Indictment 1555). We issued an order to show cause upon the respondent, and after a detailed consideration of the record and legal questions held an…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by40 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Mathis v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Commonwealth v. ContiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- United States of America Ex Rel. Frank Chambers v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
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