Legal Opinion
In re Kravitz
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 5, 1979No. Habeas Corpus 635PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEALON, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Ethel Kravitz, was convicted of the murder of her husband by a jury in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1958. In this habeas corpus proceeding she contends that her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination was violated when certain inculpatory statements made to the police in the absence of counsel were admitted into evidence at her trial. Presently before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss the habeas corpus petition on the ground of waiver.1 Respondent bases this motion on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re KravitzDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Victor v. BrickleyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1979
- Shuman v. WolffDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1982