Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Young v. Maroney
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 1969No. Misc. No. 69-75Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
Relator, presently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus attacking the lawfulness of his continued detention by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
On September 20, 1950, relator and a co-defendant, John L. Collins1, were sentenced to terms of life imprisonment after guilty pleas to a murder indictment.2 Relator alleges that his plea of guilty is void because it was induced by an involuntary confession.
The factual background involving the indicted crime of homicide in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. Albert B. Crosby v. Joseph R. Brierley, Superintendent, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. Louis McCloud v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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