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United States Ex Rel. Maisenhelder v. Rundle

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 21, 1964No. Misc. M-2707PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOOD, District Judge.

The petitioner is presently serving a life sentence in the State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pursuant to his conviction and sentence on March 8, 1954, for first degree murder. He never appealed this judgment, but he has exhausted his state habeas corpus remedies. 1

The petition presents one question for our consideration, namely: Was the petitioner deprived of due process when unrepresented by counsel he entered a plea of guilty to murder at a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace on April 1, 1953?

The petitioner was arrested on March…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Uveges v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Commonwealth v. Samuel JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Mathis v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  2. Gasque v. StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  3. United States Ex Rel. Parker v. MyersDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
  4. Robert L. Butler v. John C. Burke, Warden, Wisconsin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
  5. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. CavellDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965

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