U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1958

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. James H. Woods v. Angelo C. Cavell, Warden, Western State Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, Penna.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Decided May 20, 1958 · Goodrich, McLaughlin, Hastie

254 F.2d 816; 1958 U.S. App. LEXIS 4112 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

William Claney Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Edward C. Boyle, Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant., Robert F. Patton and John.G. Buchanan, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

1 later published case cites this decision.

United States of America Ex Rel. Donald Tillery v. Angelo C. Cavell, Warden, Western State Penitentiary, Pittsburgh 33, Pennsylvania (3d Cir. 1961)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the granting of a writ of habeas corpus by -a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1957, 157 F.Supp. 272. It has been thoroughly presented to us as it was to him. We agree with the conclusion reached by Judge Mcllvaine in the district court and for the reasons he gave for that conclusion.

The judgment of the district court will be affirmed for the reasons given t>y the court below.

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