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United States Ex Rel. Craig v. Myers

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided August 19, 1963No. Misc. 2547PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BODY, District Judge.

This Court has jurisdiction of the within petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241. Petitioner has exhausted his state remedy. Commonwealth ex rel. Craig v. Banmiller, 410 Pa. 584, 189 A.2d 875 (1963).

Craig is currently confined under sentence imposed on July 31, 1931 by the Court of Quarter Sessions, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The docket entry in that court shows that petitioner entered a plea of guilty on the same day he was sentenced.

What the docket fails to show is whether Craig had a lawyer to represent him. Moreover, the Commonwealth conceded…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & ParolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Norvell v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Craig v. BanmillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. McCray v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. United States ex rel. Durocher v. LaValleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  3. Anthony Palumbo v. State of New Jersey, Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
  4. Manning v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Goodfellow v. RundleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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