Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hatton v. Dye
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 22, 1953No. Appeal, 50PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Chidsey,
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the order of the court below which discharged Everett Hatton on a writ of habeas corpus. The National Association for the Advancement-of Colored People filed a brief amicus curiae.
On February 19, 1930 the relator, then seventeen years old, was convicted in Jones County, Mississippi, of assault with intent to rape and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On July 15, 1943, Hatton, a negro, escaped from the state penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi, and eventually settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he married and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Drew v. ThawSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Edgar v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Colcough v. AytchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth ex rel. Raucci v. PriceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Commonwealth ex rel. Huey v. DyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Brown v. BaldiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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