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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sheeler v. Burke

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 29, 1951No. 356, Miscellaneous Docket, 9PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Jones,

Rudolph Sheeler, the relator, filed his original petition with this court for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was being illegally restrained of his liberty in the Eastern State Penitentiary as a result of a life sentence imposed upon him by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County on March 31, 1939, following his plea of guilty to an indictment (No. 574, March Sessions 1939, in said court) charging him with the murder of James T. Morrow, a police officer of the City of Philadelphia, on November 23, 1936, in ■Northeast Philadelphia. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Turner v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. McGlinn v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Passmore Williamson's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855
  5. Commonwealth Townsend v. Burke, Warden.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Elliott v. BaldiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Commonwealth v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Brooks v. GladdenOregon Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Norman v. BanmillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sawchak v. AsheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

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