Fennell v. Goolsby

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

This petition for writ of habeas corpus challenges the constitutionality of petitioner’s confinement after conviction in state court for voluntary manslaughter, recklessly endangering another person and simple assault. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a).

On February 23, 1979, at 10:45 p.m., petitioner, a 46-year old woman, drove her car into a service station in Norristown, Pennsylvania where the automobile of her husband, Michael Fennell, was parked. Petitioner drove forward at a high rate of speed and struck her husband’s…