Edward J. Mitchell v. William D. Salisbury, Superintendent, Chillicothe Correctional Institution

The petitioner-appellee filed an application for writ of habeas corpus to test the legality of his present confinement in the Chillicothe (Ohio) Correctional Institution. After a full evidentiary hearing the United States District Judge entered an order requiring the Lucas County Court of Appeals to permit petitioner to perfect a direct appeal, to furnish the petitioner with counsel and a trial transcript, and further required that the foregoing be done within 90 days from the date of the order or the petitioner should be released from custody. The respondent appeals.

Briefly, the facts as…