Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. John W. Singer v. David N. Myers, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 12, 1967No. 16370PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial in November, 1962, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in which he and two co-defendants were found guilty of rape, the appellee John W. Singer, was sentenced to a 6 to 15 year prison term which he is now serving in the Eastern Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania.
The District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in an Order entered October 27, 1966, granted Singer’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus on its finding that a statement which Singer signed in the course…
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3Cited by30 opinions
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