Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Paris v. Brierley
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 4, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-772PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOURLEY, Senior District Judge:
This is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by counsel on behalf of relator, an inmate of a State penal institution located within this District. Relator was tried before a jury at No. - 229 Q.S., September Sessions, 1967 in the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, Pennsylvania, upon an indictment charging him with forcible rape and the “statutory” rape of a minor under the Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 721, as amended, 18 P.S. § 4721 (1970). The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of statutory rape. A Motion for New Trial and in Arrest of…
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- Commonwealth v. KlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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