Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Hough v. Maroney
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 29, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 62-893PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENBERG, District Judge.
This petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus is now here because of the suppression of evidence of a fatal bullet by an Assistant District Attorney.
The petitioner, Edward J. Hough, here seeks to void a State court conviction on the charge of first degree murder. He is presently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He avers in-his petition that he pleaded guilty to a charge of murder while ignorant of the fact that a police bullet struck down the victim. He asserts that he would not have pleaded guilty if this…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Lombardi v. PeaceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hough v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- United States v. Bernard Leavitt Durgin, Iii, United States of America v. Connie Lee FallangCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hough v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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