Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Gryger v. Burke
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 14, 1953No. Appeal, 54PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rhodes, P. J.,
This is an appeal by the Attorney General on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from an order of the Court of Common Pleas No. 7 of Philadelphia County granting a writ of habeas corpus and setting aside the sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon relator, Francis Joseph Gryger, on November 27, 1944, by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County (No. 461, June Sessions, 1943), as an habitual criminal under section 1108 of The Penal Code, Act of June 24,1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §5108.'
No appeal was taken from this judgment of sentence, and the present…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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- Matson v. MargiottiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. Firmstone v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lyons v. DaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. La Tempa v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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