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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dugan v. Ashe

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 21, 1941No. 1157 Misc. DocketPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

This application for a writ of habeas, corpus was returnable April 14, 1941. Answers have beeu filed by respondent Warden and by the District Attorney of Allegheny County.

The relator’s extensive criminal record appears in Com. ex rel. Dugan v. Ashe, Warden, 338 Pa. 541, 13 A. 2d 523, disposing of hig former petition for a similar writ. It appeared that with unexpired sentences of from “40 to 80 years, plus back time for parole violation of 22 years and 9 months,” the relator was sentenced to life imprisonment under section 2 of the Act of April 29, 19.29, P. L. 854, 19 PS § 922. In…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dugan v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. BrownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
  2. Commonwealth v. GillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. Pittsburgh School District Condemnation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Commonwealth v. WestcottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Firmstone v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954

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