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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Radziewicz v. Burke

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 19, 1951No. Appeal, 42PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Relator was indicted, tried, and convicted of receiving stolen goods on several bills of indictment, and sentenced by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lackawanna County to undergo imprisonment in the Lackawanna County Jail for fixed terms aggregating eight years. The sentences imposed were effective as of October 17, 1945.

On September 17, 1947, relator was transferred from the Lackawanna County Jail to the Eastern State Penitentiary pursuant to an order made by the Department of Welfare upon petition of the Warden of the Lackawanna County Jail. The Court of Quarter…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Banks v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  2. Commonwealth v. SweeneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. Stanton v. FranciesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Carmelo v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Commonwealth v. FettermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Cobb v. AytchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  2. Commonwealth v. StalnakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Westwood v. GackenbachSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  4. Cobb v. AytchDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Williamson v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952

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