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Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 19, 1936No. 218, Misc. Docket, 6PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner Roger Bison Smith is now confined in the Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under a sentence of imprisonment for a term of from twenty to forty years, imposed upon him on September 2, 1926, by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Chester County, upon his plea of guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree. The penalty prescribed for the first offense of second degree murder is “imprisonment by separate or solitary confinement not exceeding twenty years” according to Section 76…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. McDonald v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. Carlesi v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. People v. . SicklesNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  4. Halderman's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. Commonwealth v. CurrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Hunter v. Port Authority of Allegheny CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stevens v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Elliott v. BaldiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  4. Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Landreth v. GladdenOregon Supreme Court · 1958

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