Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Miller v. Myers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 5, 1966No. Misc. 3144PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, District Judge.
The relator is presently serving a sentence of 8 to 16 years for two burglaries in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Having exhausted his state remedies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, he now petitions this court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus releasing him from custody on the ground that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
In the summer of 1963, the relator was arrested for the burglary of a gospel mission in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He then retained an attorney who obtained…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by55 opinions
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