Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Edwin Gockley v. David N. Myers, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 24, 1972No. 19209PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Gockley, a state prisoner, is serving a ten to twenty year term of imprisonment after conviction of murder in the second degree of Clement Smith. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Commonwealth v. Gockley, 1953, 411 Pa. 437, 192 A .2d 693.
In a petition to the district court for habeas corpus Gockley has alleged that his conviction was unconstitutionally obtained through the use of an involuntary confession extracted while he was under illegal arrest.1 After a full hearing the district court held that the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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