Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Bower v. Banmiller
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 3, 1964No. Misc. No. 2646PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BODY, District Judge.
John J. Bower has filed his second petition in this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. Bower was tried by a jury and convicted of murder in Union County, Pennsylvania, in May of 1959, and received a life sentence. The petitioner did not appeal this sentence to a higher court, and is currently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the trial certain records of criminal convictions were introduced. Petitioner *628claims that these records pertained to another individual with a similar name. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus so…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States of America Ex Rel. Earl Richard Saunders v. David N. Myers, Warden, Eastern State Penitentiary, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Commonwealth ex rel. Bower v. BanmillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Commonwealth ex rel. Bower v. BanmillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
3Cited by6 opinions
- United States ex rel. Washington v. CavellDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- United States ex rel. Simmons v. PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- Wilson v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- Tolliver v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- United States Ex Rel. Cunningham v. CuylerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
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