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United States Ex Rel. Simon v. Murphy

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided October 25, 1972No. Civ. A. 72-625PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The relatrix was indicted for the murder of her husband as of Court of Oyer and Terminer, Philadelphia County, August Sessions, 1961, No. 528. Following trial to a jury, she was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. An attempted direct appeal was quashed as untimely filed. Commonwealth v. Simon, 413 Pa. 609, 198 A.2d 583 (1964). In 1968, relatrix was granted leave to file a direct appeal nunc pro tune and the judgment of sentence was affirmed by an equally divided court. Commonwealth v. Simon, 432…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. JamesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1987
  2. Tucker v. HollandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
  3. People v. CastilloCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
  4. Schoonover v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. DuffySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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