Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Reese v. Claudy
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 1952No. Appeal, 139PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion-by
Rhodes, P.-J.,
Relator who is presently confined in the Western State Penitentiary has appealed from the order of :the Court of Common Pleas- of Allegheny County discharging a rule issued upon his petition for writ of habéas corpus and denying the writ.
Preliminarily a recital of relator’s criminal record is essential .for an appraisal of the issues which relator seeks- to raise in what the court below properly described as “a vaguely phrased petition for a writ of habeas corpus.”
The records of the courts of Allegheny County disclose an active career of crime to be considered in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Stefanelli v. MinardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Uhler v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Paylor v. ClaudySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Rushkowski v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth ex rel. Reggie v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth ex rel. Butler v. ClaudySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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