Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sullivan v. Ashe, Warden
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 23, 1936No. Miscellaneous Docket 908PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Mr. Justice Stern,
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on which the court, exercising its original jurisdiction, has granted a rule to show cause. The petitioner, Elmer Sullivan, in 1929 pleaded guilty to breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, and was sentenced to the Western Penitentiary for a term of from three to six years. He was transferred to Eockview, from where he escaped in 1931. Being apprehended, he was indicted for breaking out of prison, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to the penitentiary under the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, section 3,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Missouri v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- McDonald v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Moore v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Leeper v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Sullivan v. AsheSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Commonwealth Townsend v. Burke, Warden.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Commonwealth v. StinnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. ButchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lewis v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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