United States ex rel. Coates v. Johnston

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MASTERSON, District Judge.

The relator, who is presently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania, has filed a petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus. His present confinement is a result of having been found guilty by a jury of assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery, and assault and battery with intent to ravish. On February 9, 1968, the relator was sentenced for a term of 1 to 4 and % years. The relator was represented by counsel at his trial.

Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied on January 30,…