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DENNIS v. TAYLOR

No. 318.

150 F.Supp. 597 (1957)

Calvin DENNIS, Petitioner, v. J. C. TAYLOR, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court M. D. Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay G. Sykes, Seattle, Wash., Roger S. Haddon, Sunbury, Pa., for petitioner.

W. M. Burch, II, Major, USAF, Judge Advocate, Washington, D. C., Robert J. Hourigan, U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., for respondent.

FOLLMER, District Judge.

Calvin Dennis, a military prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania has filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Calvin Dennis, Herman Dennis and Robert Burns were charged with murder and rape. Herman Dennis was tried May 9 to May 16, 1949; Calvin Dennis was tried May 20 to May 25, 1949, and Robert Burns was tried May 27 to May 30, 1949. All three were convicted and sentence of death imposed. The sentence...

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