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Show DEWEESE DESIRES RESENTENCE SOON Howard H. DeWeese, whose conviction and sentence to death for wife murder was recently affirmed by the supreme court, lias expressed a desire to have quickly over his resentence and execution. execu-tion. DeWeese informed his jaltor that he desired no additional legal red tape as a formal (protection of bis rights under the law, that he wished no further representation represen-tation by counsel, but an early disposition disposi-tion of his case. Under the law, he cannot can-not he brought into court for resentence in accordance with the mandate of the supreme court until twenty days after the decision of that court, the limit of time for filing a motion for rehearing. Even, then, setting a date for his sentence sen-tence will be necessary and execution will be deferred some time beyond the : date of sentence. , |