Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Thompson v. Day
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 1956No. Appeal, No. 217PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County relator was convicted of rape and robbery. He was sentenced on this conviction to a term of imprisonment in the Western State Penitentiary of from seven and one-half to fifteen years, effective as of March 7, 1949. While serving this sentence he was convicted in the quarter sessions on a charge of riot at No. 554 May Sessions, 1953 and was sentenced to imprisonment in the Western State Penitentiary for a term of one and one-half to three years, to take effect upon the expiration of the minimum term of the prior sentence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lewis v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Com. Ex Rel. Toliver v. Ashe, WardenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sloan v. Ashe, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stevens v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Commonwealth v. MauteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth ex rel. Murray v. KeenanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Carter v. RAPONECommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Thompson v. CavellDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
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