Legal Opinion
Pavkovich v. Brierley
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 1973No. Civ. A. 27-72 EriePublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
KNOX, District Judge.
Petitioner, a state prisoner serving a life term for murder, files this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this court. He has exhausted his state post-conviction remedies. See Commonwealth v. Pavkovich, 444 Pa. 530, 283 A.2d 295 (1971).
The life term was imposed in February 1963 following a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of one John Cochran, in a tavern in Erie, Pennsylvania. The killing occurred October 24,1962.
The court has spent a large amount of time on this case.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by5 opinions
- William M. Hallowell v. Paul W. Keve, Director of the Division of Adult Corrections and the State of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Leon v. KuhlmannDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Hallowell v. KeveDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Pavkovich v. BrierleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- William M. Hallowell v. Paul W. Keve, Director of the Division of Adult Corrections and the State of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977