UNITED STATES v. MYERS

Misc. No. 2272.

193 F.Supp. 628 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Rayford STEVENS. v. David N. MYERS, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.


CLARY, District Judge.

Rayford Stevens, petitioner herein, is serving a life sentence for a murder committed on February 27, 1954 in the City of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. As of March Term, 1959, No. 468, in the Courts of Delaware County, he filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied. An appeal was taken to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, which certified it to the Supreme Court, where it is reported sub nomine, Commonwealth ex...

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