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UNITED STATES EX REL. TURNER v. CUYLER

Civ. A. No. 77-915.

443 F.Supp. 263 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Geary TURNER v. Mr. Julius T. CUYLER, and the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Kerchner, Pottstown, Pa., for plaintiff.

Mark Sendrow, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

This case arises upon a petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Relator, Geary Turner, was convicted of second degree murder1 after a trial without a jury in state court. Turner now argues that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because, without consulting him, his attorney2 waived closing...

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