Commonwealth Ex Rel. Marshall v. Maroney

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Relator was indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, No. 181, September Sessions, 1959, on a charge of possession of, and dealing in, narcotics. Being represented by counsel, relator entered a plea of guilty to the indictment and was sentenced on November 2, 1959, to a term of not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years in the Western State Penitentiary. His petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the court below was dismissed, without hearing, on January 10, 1962, by Judge van der Voort. Relator has appealed.

On appeal…