Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Robinson v. Maroney
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 13, 1954No. Appeal, No. 33PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
Relator pleaded guilty to an indictment containing a single count charging him with simple assault and battery. On his plea of guilt to that charge he was sentenced not under §708 of The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4708, but under the Act of January 8, 1952, P. L. (1951-1952) 1851, 19 PS §1166 as an habitual sex offender, to imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary for an indeterminate term of one day as a minimum and a maximum of his natural life. This is his appeal from the order of the lower court refusing habeas corpus. There is merit in the appeal.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Uveges v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Commonwealth v. ExlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Uhler v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth ex rel. Reggie v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CavanaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- United States ex rel. Robinson v. MyersDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth ex rel. Bobko v. Ceraul, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County1961
- Commonwealth v. MummaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MummaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980