Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Shelton v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 24, 1968No. Misc. No. 3735PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
This is a petition by a State prisoner for a writ of habeas corpus.
Relator pled guilty in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Bucks County (Bill No. 58, September Sessions, 1946), to murder in the first degree committed while in the perpetration of one of the five enumerated felonies in 18 P.S. § 4701. On October 2, 1946, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and is presently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Graterford. Relator now wishes to collaterally attack his guilty plea and sentence alleging, inter alia, that the guilty…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bowen v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- James William Smith v. State of KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- United States ex rel. Harper v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
3Cited by3 opinions
- James Prescher v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Alexander v. SwankDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
- United States ex rel. Herwegh-E 6043 v. PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968