Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Marshall v. Gedney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1978No. 290PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Justice.
On September 6, 1973, appellant, Ruby Marshall, was arrested by the Philadelphia police. The basis for the arrest was the issuance of a Pennsylvania Governor’s Warrant stating that appellant was a fugitive from Kansas, where *303she was charged with felonious homicide in the death of her husband, Hezekial Marshall. Appellant filed a writ of habeas corpus, and on September 25, 1973, she was released because of the Commonwealth’s failure to comply with § 15 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Act of July 8, 1941, P.L. 288, § 15, 19 P.S. 191.15.1
On November 5, 1973,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Oliver Lee Kirkland and Elizabeth Smith v. Paul H. Preston and Luke MooreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GambitSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Adams v. CuylerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- ConsalviMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Colbert v. AytchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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