Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Backus v. Burke

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 11, 1953No. Appeal, No. 272PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Curiam,

The question which relator attempts to raise in this habeas corpus proceeding has been previously decided in a number of cases which have ruled that, where the manner and the order of service of sentence have been provided by law, the intention of the sentencing judge is immaterial. Toliver v. State Board of Parole, 157 Pa. Superior Ct. 218, 42 A. 2d 285; Com. ex rel. McDevitt v. Burke, 166 Pa. Superior Ct. 194, 197, 70 A. 2d 663; Com. ex rel. Harman v. Burke, 171 Pa. Superior Ct. 547, 554, 91 A. 2d 385; Com. ex rel. Kunkle v. Claudy, 171 Pa. Superior Ct. 557, 91 A. 2d 382; Com. ex…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Harman v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. McDevitt v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Kunkle v. ClaudySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Geisler v. ClaudySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BufaliniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Backus v. CavellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Commonwealth v. DorianSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. DorianSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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