Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Cox v. Bussell
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 4, 1968No. Misc. No. 3719PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, District Judge.
The relator has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his 1964 conviction for common law and statutory rape was illegal. He received a sentence of 5 to 10 years imprisonment on the statutory rape conviction only; sentence was suspended on the conviction of the common law offense.1 The allegations of error are discussed, as follows:
I
PROCEDURAL ISSUES.
A. Exhaustion of State Remedies.
After his conviction, the relator, with representation of counsel, filed a motion for a new trial. However, it was denied on October 28, 1964. There was…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Paul L. Fitzsimmons v. Howard Yeager, Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison at trenton,n.j. And the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Commonwealth v. SchuckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Commonwealth v. DuffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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