United States ex rel. Sliva v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

WOOD, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus which challenges the prosecutor’s use of evidence and the charge of the court in petitioner’s trial on charges of robbery and burglary.

We issued an order to show cause why the writ should not be granted and an order that the respondent produce the complete record of the case. The petition and answer present only questions of law: no disputes of fact are apparent. Dorsey v. Gill, 80 U.S.App.D.C. 9, 148 F.2d 857, Id., 325 U.S. 890, 65 S.Ct. 1580, 89 L.Ed. 2003.

We have read the notes of testimony of petitioner’s trial and have…