Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Booker v. Maroney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 14, 1967No. Appeal, 185PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
James Booker, defendant-relator, was arrested at about 2:00 A.M. on March 23, 1962, in Pittsburgh, and was later charged with the murder of Thomas Clemens. On September 10, 1962, defendant-relator while représented. by Court-appointed counsel, entered a plea Of guilty to an indictment charging him with murder and voluntary manslaughter. * After a hearing by the sentencing Court to determine his guilt and the degree of his crime—at which time, we repeat, he was represented by Court-appointed counsel—he was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Donald Howard Montgomery v. Joseph R. Brierley, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Commonwealth v. DewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. MotleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SappSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- United States Ex Rel. Kern v. MaroneyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
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