UNITED STATES EX REL. STOUFFER v. COMMONWEALTH OF PA.

No. 1540.

374 F.Supp. 702 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Herman E. STOUFFER, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

As Amended May 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome T. Foerster, Harrisburg, Pa., for petitioner.

John Walker, Dist. Atty., Chambersburg, Pa., for respondent.


OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

I. FACTS

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus after exhausting his remedies in the Pennsylvania courts.1 The basis for the requested relief both in the state tribunals and here is (1) the refusal of the County Court judge to grant a continuance when the court-appointed Public Defender, Blake Martin, stated that he was unprepared for trial...

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