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United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Davis v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 400 F.2d 85, 3rd Cir. (1968)
United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Davis v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 400 F.2d 85, 3rd Cir. (1968)
2d 85
Petitioner sought a Writ of Habeas Corpus in the United States District Court
for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The request for relief in the Federal
Court resulted after denial of application for habeas corpus relief in the State
courts without hearing.
The Order of the State trial court was affirmed by the Superior Court of
Pennsylvania on the Opinion reported as Commonwealth ex rel. Davis v.
Maroney, 206 Pa.Super. 68, 210 A.2d 920, 924 (1965), filed June 17, 1965.
The decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania discussed each of the issues
presented in the State appellate proceeding. Six matters were set forth to
support the contention of ineffective trial representation by counsel. The
It should also be noted that, after the application for Federal habeas corpus,
further collateral proceedings were initiated in the State trial court under the
Post-Conviction Hearing Act. This statutory procedure became effective in
Pennsylvania after the original State habeas corpus petition. (Act 554, January,
1966), 19 P.S. 1180-1-1180-14; and petitioner has not exhausted his
remedies thereunder.
The Pennsylvania Post Conviction Act is extremely broad and it will permit
consideration of such serious matters as have been raised by the petitioner in
regard to the adequacy of counsel and such other points which could have been
raised originally by appeal. It will allow the State courts to consider those
matters which have been previously submitted in the habeas corpus
proceedings as well as the length of the sentence which in this case was 40 to
80 years.
The judgment of the district court will be affirmed for the reason that the
petitioner has not exhausted his state remedy.