Commonwealth ex rel. Dickerson v. Rundle

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The appellant, Murray Dickerson, was tried and convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. The punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. On appeal to this Court, the judgment of sentence was affirmed: Commonwealth v. Dickerson, 406 Pa. 102, 176 A. 2d 421 (1962).

Subsequently, an action of habeas corpus was filed, which the lower court dismissed without hearing. From that order, this appeal followed.

An examination of the record discloses that each and every reason included in the present petition for release from confinement was alleged and set forth as an…