Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Flowers v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 21, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-1446PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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LUONGO, District Judge.
In this petition for writ of habeas corpus, Charles Flowers seeks to overturn his state conviction for statutory-rape and for corrupting the morals of a minor (Bill Nos. 1171-1172, October Term 1965, Court of Quarter Sessions, County of Philadelphia). Relator alleges the following violations of his constitutional rights: (1) the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Pennsylvania Constitution; (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; and (3) the arrest was unlawful.
Relator has exhausted his state remedies. I have reviewed the…
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