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Commonwealth ex rel. Brockway v. Keenan

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 16, 1955No. Appeal, No. 191PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought by a prisoner.

May 7, 1954 the petitioner was sentenced on three charges filed in the May Sessions of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Erie County. On each of two charges of involuntary manslaughter, filed to Nos. 5 and 6, he was sentenced to three years in the Allegheny County Workhouse, and on a charge of assault and battery filed to No. 8, he was given an additional sentence of one year. The sentences were made consecutive. As is…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DownerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  2. Commonwealth v. ErnestoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  3. Commonwealth v. McCordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wendell v. Smith, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Micholetti v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ReynoldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. EbertsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. CoxSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. SpeelmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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