Case Name: UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Ronald James DESSUS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-11-29
Citations: 451 F.2d 597
Docket Number: No. 19227
Parties: UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Ronald James DESSUS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 451
Pages: 597–598

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Ronald James DESSUS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
No. 19227.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued Sept. 23, 1971.
Decided Nov. 29, 1971.
Paul Bender, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.
James D. Crawford, Deputy Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., (Richard A. Sprague, First. Asst. Dist. Atty., Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.
Before VAN DUSEN, ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
Appellant seeks review of the denial of his petition for habeas corpus wherein he alleged that he was denied his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury because of the state court's failure to take effective measures to shield the jury from news accounts of appellant's prior convictions for rape and murder. The jury found appellant guilty of assault and battery and aggravated assault and battery.
We have examined appellant's contentions of prejudicial pre-trial publicity and find them without merit. Irvin v. Doud, 366 U.S. 717, 81 S.Ct. 1639, 6 L.Ed.2d 751 (1961); Williams v. Dutton, 400 F.2d 797 (5th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 1105, 89 S.Ct. 908, 21 L.Ed.2d 799 (1969).
The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.