Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. Rundle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 15, 1968No. Appeal, 376PublishedCited by 222 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing appellant’s petition for habeas corpus. The petition had originally been filed in 1964 and denied then, but this court, in Com. ex rel. Butler v. Rundle, 416 Pa. 321, 206 A. 2d 283 (1965), remanded for a JacksonDenno hearing to determine the voluntariness of Butler’s confession introduced at trial. The court below found the confession to have been voluntary, and thus dismissed the petition.
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