Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Creasy v. Myers
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Decided September 16, 1960No. 2; no. 306PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Chudoff, J.,
On September 30, 1959, petitioner was tried and convicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County on two bills of indictment, nos. 589 and 590, September sessions 1959, charging arson and aggravated assault and battery. The sentence on bill no. 589, arson, was for a term of imprisonment at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford of not less than five years nor more than 10 years. Sentence was suspended on bill no. 590.
Petitioner, on June 6, 1960, applied for a writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 *384of Philadelphia County, from his…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth ex rel. Creasy v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961