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Commonwealth ex rel. Sweeney v. Keenan

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 12, 1951No. Miscellaneous Docket No. 230PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Relator seeks release on habeas corpus. On February 9, 1948, relator pleaded guilty to a charge of statutory rape, and he was sentenced by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County at No. 47, February Sessions, 1948, to serve a térm of not less than three months nor more than twenty-three'months in the Allegheny County Workhouse, sentence to be efféctivé as of January 26, 1948. After serving three months, or on *138April 24, 1948, relator was paroled by a judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County.1

On November 30, 1948, relator pleaded guilty in the Court of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DownerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lerner v. Smith, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. McDevitt v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Little v. KeenanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dennis v. AsheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Salerno v. BanmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Westwood v. GackenbachSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cooper v. BanmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Graham v. ClaudySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  5. Commonwealth v. FerrerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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