United States ex rel. Wilson v. Anderson

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

Johnny Wilson, Jr., a state prisoner and the petitioner in this habeas corpus proceeding, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, was convicted by a jury on May 4, 1971 in the *42Superior Court of the State of Delaware of murder in the second degree. Thereafter, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court. Wilson v. State, No. 94, 1971 (Del.Sup., filed July 18, 1972).

Here petitioner 1 contends that he was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial because the state allegedly withheld from him a signed statement…