United States ex rel. Giovengo v. Maroney

McILVAINE, District Judge.

This,case comes before this Court on-a petition for writ of habeas corpus; raising the question of whether the right to a speedy trial, including final disposition and sentence, is protected by the due-process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The sentence which petitioner is presently serving arises out of offenses to which he entered a guilty plea on April 11, 1955, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The offenses charged were burglary and larceny. After entry of the plea the Court deferred sentence and turned the petitioner over to Allegheny County authorities, who…