Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Peterson v. Russell
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 5, 1967No. Civ. No. 67-262PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MARSH, District Judge.
Relator, Donald C. Peterson, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus alleging illegal detention for the following reasons: (1) coerced confession; (2) fraudulent deprivation of preliminary hearing before a magistrate; and (3) untimely assignment of inadequate and incompetent counsel.
In my opinion, the petition should be denied.
The records of relator’s 11 convictions of burglary in a non-jury trial held on June 18 and 19, 1963, in the Criminal Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania were, pursuant to the Order of this court, presented by the District…
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