Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Dickens v. Rundle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 8, 1971No. Civ. No. 69-500PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MASTERSON, District Judge.
The relator, Andrew L. Dickens, has filed with this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Relator was indicted by the Philadelphia County Grand Jury as of September Sessions, 1963, Nos. 168 and 169, charging respectively murder and aggravated assault and battery by cutting. Relator, who was represented by counsel, entered a plea of guilty to murder generally and to aggravated assault and battery by cutting. Evidence was heard on the murder charge by a three-judge panel, and relator was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Relator…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States of America Ex Rel. Ralph Madison H-5666 v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent ScigCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United States of America Ex Rel. Edwin Walker v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States of America Ex Rel. Sherman Walters H-2301 v. A. T. Rundle, Supt., Graterford Corr. InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States ex rel. Dickel v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- United States ex rel. Vanderhost v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971