Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Patrick v. Russell
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 18, 1973No. Misc. No. 3579PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WEINER, District Judge.
Relator, Charles Patrick, has filed the present petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking relief from a 1960 conviction for first degree murder arising from the deaths of Lula Mae Overton and her ten year-old daughter, Gloria Louise Overton. Patrick was tried in the Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions on the two bills of indictment, May Sessions, 1960, Nos. 698, 699, was found guilty by a jury on both counts, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on No. 698 and to death on No. 699. A direct appeal was then taken to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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