Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Dickerson v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 9, 1965No. Misc. M-2902PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, District Judge.
The relator is presently serving a state imposed life sentence for murder in the first degree. Com. v. Dickerson, 406 Pa. 102, 176 A.2d 421 (1961) He has exhausted his state remedies of habeas corpus. Com. ex rel. Dickerson v. Bundle, 411 Pa. 651, 192 A.2d 347 (1963) He now seeks relief from this Court. We grant the Writ because the relator was denied the assistance of counsel under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States when a statement elicited from him at a “critical stage” of the proceedings was admitted into evidence against him…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States ex rel. Russo v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- United States of America Ex Rel. Murray Dickerson v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution,philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United States Ex Rel. Pierce v. PintoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1966
- United States of America Ex Rel. Murray Dickerson v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution,philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- United States Ex Rel. Rivers v. MyersDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
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