Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Johnson v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1968No. 3700PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
Relator, a state prisoner, was convicted of rape on November 8, 1957 and is presently incarcerated under a six-and-one-half-to-fifteen-year sentence resulting from that conviction. He now seeks his release by way of federal habeas corpus.
The conviction arose from the events the evening of September 18, 1957 at which time a 17-year-old white girl was assaulted and raped by a group of Negro boys. On September 20 or 21, relator, having been picked up for questioning in the early evening of the 20th, confessed to his complicity in the attack.
Relator now…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Bowen v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ralls v. MansonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
- United States Ex Rel. Stephen J. B. v. ShellyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1969
- U. S. A. ex rel. Sabella v. FolletteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Palmer v. Judge & District Attorney General of the Thirteenth Judicial DistrictDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1976
- Allen v. LeekeDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1971
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