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UNITED STATES EX REL. WAKELEY v. RUSSELL

Misc. No. 69-284.

309 F.Supp. 68 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John R. WAKELEY v. H. E. RUSSELL, Superintendent.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Natali, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

Joseph J. Musto, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN W. LORD, Jr., Chief Judge.

Relator, John R. Wakeley, filed the present petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking relief from a 1963 conviction for second degree murder arising from the stabbing death of Mrs. Lillian Hines during an altercation on November 1, 1960. After pleading guilty to this offense, relator was sentenced to a term of 10 to 20 years. His minimum sentence expires on November 3, 1970.

Relator took no direct...

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