United States Ex Rel. Boelter v. Cuyler

OPINION

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

This decision marks the end of this Court’s lengthy consideration' of the habeas corpus petition filed by relator, Ronald X. Boelter, in 1975. The history of this case, however, begins on January 4,1971, when a group of eight men, posing as customers, entered Dubrow’s furniture "store in Philadelphia, singly and in pairs. After all eight were in the store, they pulled guns and announced a robbery. In the course of the robbery, the employees were tied up and terrorized; several were kicked or pistol-whipped. The robbers also…