Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Bowen v. Mazurkiewicz
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 9, 1970No. Misc. No. 69-354PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
Relator was convicted, following a guilty plea, under Bills of Indictment Nos. 687-692, November Term, 1945, in the Court of Quarter Sessions, Philadelphia County. A life sentence was imposed on January 15, 1946, and relator is presently serving that sentence. Relator took no direct appeal from the trial court’s judgment and sentence, assertedly because he was not advised by the court or his counsel of such right, and because he was abandoned after trial by his counsel.
Relator attacked his conviction by filing a petition under the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Donald Howard Montgomery v. Joseph R. Brierley, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Commonwealth v. SatchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
3Cited by3 opinions
- United States ex rel. Cornitcher v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
- United States ex rel. Walker v. Philadelphia County Criminal CourtsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Serafin v. Motorists Insurance, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Blair County1985