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UNITED STATES v. CAVELL

Civ. A. No. 16229.

183 F.Supp. 335 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James Morris FLETCHER, Petitioner, v. Angelo C. CAVELL, Warden, Western State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 3, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Hanson Matson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Glenn R. Toothman, Dist. Atty., of Greene County, Waynesburg, Pa., for defendant.

GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

In this petition for writ of habeas corpus petitioner, who was convicted in the State Court for first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, alleges denial of due process under the Constitution of the United States for the reason that one member of the convicting jury was a distant relative of the victim, and another juror was the son-in-law of a testifying witness who was Chief County Detective, United States Constitution, Amendment...

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