Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Master v. Baldi
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 1949PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Argued November 22, 1949. This is an appeal from an order of a Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County1 granting a writ of habeas corpus and discharging the relator. Under an indictment charging robbery, burglary, larceny, and receiving stolen goods relator was tried and found guilty only on the charge of receiving stolen goods. His conviction on June 24, 1948, followed a three-day trial before Judge MILNER and a jury, at which relator was represented by experienced trial counsel. Immediately following his conviction, but before sentence, relator, by his counsel, filed a…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. Popovich v. ClaudySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Uhler v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth v. WolfeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. DiDio v. BaldiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- United States Ex Rel. Master v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
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