Criminal Law — Practice — Habeas corpus — Allegations — Conviction on perjured testimony — Commonwealth witness talking with jury — Improper conduct of defense by court-appointed counsel.
In a habeas corpus proceeding, in which it appeared that petitioner alleged that he was denied due process of law because he was convicted on perjured testimony on the part of one of the six Commonwealth witnesses called, because another Commonwealth witness talked with the jury at petitioner's trial, and because the court-appointed counsel did not properly conduct his defense, it was Held that the order of the court below dismissing the petition should be affirmed.
Submitted November 17, 1960.
OPINION PER CURIAM, December 14, 1960:
The order of the court below is affirmed on the opinion of President Judge ROBERTS, specially presiding in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, as reported in 22 Pa. D. C.2d 600.