Legal Opinion
Negrich v. Hohn
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 1965No. Civ. A. 65-517PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUMBAULD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Robert W. Negrich, now an inmate of the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, was confined at the Westmoreland County Prison on November 9, 1963, awaiting trial on a charge of armed robbery. A prison breach took place on that date. Five other prisoners escaped, but were caught. They implicated Negrich. He now contends that he acquiesced in the planned escape through fear, as otherwise the other prisoners would have hit him in the head and locked him up in a cell; but in any event his own statements show his guilt of participation in the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by19 opinions
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