Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. Ashe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 20, 1950No. 302, Miscellaneous Docket 9PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Maxey,
A petition for writ of habeas corpus is now filed by James Smith, who on his own plea of guilty was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. This judgment and sentence were on June 24, 1949, affirmed by the Court (362 Pa. 222, 66 A. 2d 764). The core of the petition is that Smith was permitted to plead guilty without having the question of his sanity formally adjudicated and that psychiatrists were not supplied him by the State as witnesses. The petition contends.that due process of law required this because in June 1945 Smith…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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3Cited by51 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. BaldiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Commonwealth v. MoonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Marelia v. BurkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Garison v. BurkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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