Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Carmelo v. Burke
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 12, 1951No. Appeal, No. 237PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rhodes, P. J.,
This is an appeal by relator from an order of tbe Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County sustaining the validity of section 10 of tbe Act of June 19, 1911, P. L. 1055, as amended, 61 PS §305, and dismissing relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.
It appears that relator was convicted of attempted robbery in tbe Court of Quarter Sessions of Berks County (No. 14, December Sessions, 1940); and that be was sentenced on March 27, 1941, to a term of not less than two years nor more than seven years in tbe Eastern State Penitentiary. Tbe effective date of this…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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