Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. William J. Johnson, E4204 v. Angelo C. Cavell
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 3, 1972No. 19299PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus by a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1954 the appellant Johnson pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with murder. Under Pennsylvania law following such a plea a degree of guilt hearing is held. Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 18, § 4701 (1963); Johnson is confined under a judgment of the degree of guilt hearing court finding him guilty of first degree murder. He could have challenged on appeal the sufficiency of the evidence supporting this degree of guilt determination. He…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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