Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Spader v. Burke
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 17, 1952No. Appeal, No. 53PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam,
Relator had been indicted and sentenced to the Eastern State Penitentiary on January 3, 1940, by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County after entering pleas of guilty to five bills of indictment, Nos. 833, 834, 835, 836, and 837, December Sessions, 1939. The sentences were consecutive; and they were endorsed on each indictment, and signed by the trial judge, Honorable Haeey S. McDevitt.1
On October 18, 1951, relator filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas No. 4 of Philadelphia County, contending that the sentences were null and void…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Van Meter v. SanfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Scoleri v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
3Cited by14 opinions
- Commmonwealth ex rel. Tiller v. DyeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Commonwealth v. WestSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spader v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Commonwealth ex rel. Maisels v. BaldiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- McGloin v. WardenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
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