United States Ex Rel. Marelia v. Burke

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Marelia, imprisoned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1946 after trial, conviction, and sentence for attempted robbery, has appealed to this court from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus addressed to the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after exhausting his state remedies. See United States ex rel. Marelia v. Burke, D.C.E.D.Pa.1951, 101 F.Supp. 615; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Marelia v. Burke, 1950, 366 Pa. 124, 75 A.2d 593, certiorari denied, 1951, 341 U.S. 911, 71 S.Ct. 616, 95 L.Ed. 1348. Of the…