Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. McAuliffe v. Burke, Warden
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 5, 1946No. 400, Miscellaneous Docket 5PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed by Valentine McAuliffe, and a rule was granted upon the District Attorney of Pike County and the warden of the Eastern State Penitentiary to show cause why the writ should not issue. We have before us the warden’s answer; none was filed by the district attorney.
On December 31, 1923, relator was sentenced to imprisonment in the Eastern State Penitentiary for a term of nine years and nine months minimum to twenty years maximum, upon an indictment (No. 1 September Term, 1923), charging murder in the second degree to which he pleaded…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lerner v. Smith, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Narcise v. Eastern State Pen.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
3Cited by5 opinions
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