Legal Opinion
Rines v. Pennsylvania
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 10, 1968No. Misc. No. 3824PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
The Petitioner, presently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution, Dallas, Pennsylvania, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to have this Court issue an order compelling the Common Pleas Court of Montgomery County to hold a hearing on his Post Conviction Hearing Act petition which he alleges has been pending before the Court since it was filed on December 14, 1967.
In support of his petition, the petitioner alleges that, by the terms of the Act, 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq., the Common Pleas Courts are required to hold hearings on…
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