Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Dennis v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 10, 1969No. Misc. No. 4212PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
In this habeas corpus petition relator, Edward Dennis, alleges that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel and that his guilty plea was not voluntarily and intelligently made. On June 20, 1957 relator and a co-defendant named Wilson entered pleas of guilty in the Quarter Sessions Court of Delaware County to indictments charging rape, robbery and related offenses. Relator received consecutive sentences totalling ten to twenty years. He took no appeal.
In 1967 relator filed a habeas corpus petition in the Quarter Sessions…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Alfred Coles v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Mathis v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Vickery v. State of South CarolinaDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1973
- Commonwealth v. TolbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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