Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Szocki v. Cavell
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 23, 1957No. Civ. 15976PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARSH, District Judge.
The relator has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus upon which a rule to show cause why a hearing should not be held was granted and counsel appointed for the relator.
From the records produced at the hearing on the rule, it appeared that at No. 21 February Sessions, 1955, in the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of Erie, Pennsylvania, the relator was found guilty of burglary and larceny by a jury and was sentenced to the Western State Penitentiary for not less than 5 or more than 15 years.
At No. 399 September Term, 1955, in the Court of Common Pleas…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Commonwealth v. PalarinoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- United States of America Ex Rel. Silvio De Vita v. Lloyd W. McCorkle Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- United States of America Ex Rel. Alfred J. Ackerman v. Frank C. Johnston, Warden, Western State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Archie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. DeBethamDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1972
- United States v. HartDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971