Case Name: Lionel BRADFORD, PetitionerAppellee, v. Perry JOHNSON, Warden of the State Prison of Southern Michigan, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-03-28
Citations: 476 F.2d 66
Docket Number: No. 72-1905
Parties: Lionel BRADFORD, PetitionerAppellee, v. Perry JOHNSON, Warden of the State Prison of Southern Michigan, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 476
Pages: 66–66

Head Matter:
Lionel BRADFORD, PetitionerAppellee, v. Perry JOHNSON, Warden of the State Prison of Southern Michigan, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 72-1905.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Argued Feb. 8, 1973.
Decided March 28, 1973.
Stewart H. Freeman, Asst. Sol. Gen., for respondent-appellant; Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., Lansing, Mich., on brief.
David R. Hood, Detroit, Mich., Court-appointed, for petitioner-appellee.
Before EDWARDS and McCREE, Circuit Judges, and YOUNG, District Judge.
The Honorable Don J. Young, U. S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio,, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This appeal from the granting of a writ of habeas corpus presents the question whether a person convicted by a state's knowing use of coerced testimony obtained by torture, threats and abuse of a witness is in custody in violation of his Constitutional right to due process of law. We answer this question in the affirmative and affirm the judgment of the District Court for the reasons stated in its opinion reported at 354 F.Supp. 1331.
Affirmed.