Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. East v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 14, 1968No. Misc. No. 3733PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BODY, District Judge.
The relator, James East, claims that he has been unconstitutionally deprived of his right to bail pending his appeal from his robbery conviction in the Pennsylvania state courts.
*119East received a sentence of five to twenty years on June 16,1965. He failed to file his appeal in due time, but was granted the right to file a motion for a new trial nunc pro tunc in December 1966. On March 27, 1967 his motion for a new trial was denied on the merits. He appealed on April 6, 1967. At this point he had served nearly two years of his sentence. His application for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wansley v. WilkersonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- United States ex rel. Smith v. PrasseDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. BerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
3Cited by3 opinions
- Vito Finetti v. David Harris, Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Finetti v. HarrisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Vito Finetti v. David Harris, Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979