Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Raucci v. Price
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 13, 1962No. Appeal, No. 109PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in an extradition proceeding and ordering appellant, Louis Raucci, to be turned over to the custody of the appropriate authorities of the State of Ohio.
On July 16, 1959, Ruth Jane Whitney, a courier for the Niles Bank of Niles, Ohio, was abducted and robbed of $41,000. Sixteen months after the commission of the crime — on November 13, 1961 — Raucci was arrested in Pittsburgh on a governor’s warrant and an extradition request…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Illinois Ex Rel. McNichols v. PeaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Hogan v. O'NEILLSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Commonwealth v. Superintendent of Philadelphia County PrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Edgar v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. CarlosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth ex rel. Coades v. GableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Commonwealth ex rel. Banks v. HendrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth ex rel. Marshall v. GedneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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