United States Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Russell

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, District Judge.

On October 30, 1953, the relator was arraigned before the late and esteemed Judge Gerald F. Flood of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. After having accepted pleas of guilty to nine separate counts arising out of two separate incidents of armed robbery and one incident of larceny, Judge Flood heard testimony regarding the nature of the offenses. Sentencing was deferred for ten days until November 9, 1958, when the relator received seven and one-half to fifteen years imprisonment. No appeal was prosecuted.

In 1965, over twelve…