United States Ex Rel. Richardson v. Rundle

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

In 1965, Lorenzo Richardson (relator) was convicted in state court on a charge 1 of aggravated robbery and sen- fenced to a term of 7yz to 15 years. Following unsuccessful state appeals and a denial by the United States Supreme Court of a writ of certiorari, Richardson petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus. On April 5, 1971, I granted the writ on the ground that a holster and cartridge admitted in evidence at Richardson’s trial were obtained as the result of an unlawful frisk. U. S. ex rel. Richardson v. Rundle, 325 F.Supp. 1262 (E.D.Pa.1971).…