Legal Opinion
Revty v. Commonwealth
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 30, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 73-429Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MARSH, Chief Judge.
Peter B. Revty, an untried prisoner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has filed two in forma pauperis petitions requesting, respectively, habeas corpus relief and removal of his pending state charges to this court. The petitions will be denied.
Petitioner’s habeas corpus application is based upon a claim that he is being detained in state custody under excessive bail.1 2It appears that petitioner was arrested on May 3, 1973, and subsequently charged with burglary, larceny, receiving stolen goods, conspiracy, possession of burglary tools, and violating…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- James E. Drury v. William Coy Cox, Sheriff of Pima CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Norman J. Mastrian v. Kermit Hedman, Ramsey County Sheriff, and the State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. Keating v. BensingerDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
- Commonwealth ex rel. Alberti v. BoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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