United States Ex Rel. Mandrier v. Hewitt

OPINION

McCUNE, District Judge.

Relator filed this pro se habeas corpus action alleging that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in the proceedings which resulted in the conviction challenged herein in violation of his constitutional rights under the sixth amendment made applicable to the states under the fourteenth amendment. Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963).

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Background

Relator is presently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, under sentence of 7)4 to 15 years resulting from his conviction of armed…