Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Galascewski v. Myers

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County

Decided December 28, 1961No. 337PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Shea, J.,

Stephen D. Galascewski, relator, in propria persona, filed a petition for *791a writ of habeas corpus against the superintendent of the State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

The petition alleges, in substance, that in April 1942, relator, after pleading guilty to multiple charges of armed robbery, was sentenced by this court to a combined sentence bearing a minimum of eight years and a maximum of 16 years. The effective date of the sentence was December 3, 1941. On the expiration of relator’s minimum sentence on December 3, 1949, he was paroled, but in February, 1953,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Elliott v. BaldiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Harman v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. Carmelo v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Ashe, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Galascewski v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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