Legal Opinion
Com. Ex Rel. Paige v. Smith, Warden
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 15, 1938No. Appeal, 87PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, P. J.,
The relator, George Paige, has appealed from the order of the court below discharging a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of the warden of the Eastern State Penitentiary.
The relevant facts on which the appellant relies may be stated as follows:
On April 12, 1934 Paige pleaded guilty to an indictment for burglary, (March Term 1934, Ho. 1103). When brought before the court for sentence, on May 4, 1934, the day before the last day of the April 1934 Term, he stated that he had never before been in trouble except for a trifling liquor violation, and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Miller v. AderholdSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by80 opinions
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