Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Benedict v. Cliff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 4, 1973No. Appeal, No. 160PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Nix,
The appeals in this matter arise as a result of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas denial and dismissal of a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus which was brought on behalf of the four appellants, then inmates of the Lancaster County Prison. Each of the appellants had been sentenced for conviction of various unrelated criminal charges at different times by the Court of Common Pleas and were serving their respective sentences in the county prison when the petitions were filed. One of the appellants received only a sentence of a fine and cost of prosecution,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tate v. ShortSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Phillip Morris v. Hiram Schoonfield, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. De BonisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FisherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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- Commonwealth v. SchwartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- State v. BuelowCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1984
- George v. BeardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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