MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BATTISTI, Chief Judge.
The Court is confronted here with three petitions for habeas corpus relief from persons confined under state custody in Ohio. Two of the petitioners, Klotz and Holland, are in the Ohio Penitentiary, and the third, Smedley, is in the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield. Since all three petitions are concerned with the same basic issue, they will be considered together by the Court.
The three petitioners...
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