United States ex rel. Spruill v. Russell

*601MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN W. LORD, Jr., Chief Judge.

Warren G. Spruill, relator in the instant case, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he attacks his conviction on Bill of Indictment Number 5728, May Term, 1966 (Philadelphia County). Relator pled guilty to murder generally and on October 6, 1966, a three judge panel composed of the Honorables Maurice W. Sporkin, Ethan Allen Doty and Alexander F. Barbieri, after accepting the plea and hearing evidence on the degree of guilt, found relator guilty of second degree murder. Relator is presently serving a 6-20 year sentence at…