Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Marelia v. Burke
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 25, 1950No. 261, Miscellaneous Docket, 9PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bell,
Relator filed in this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A rule to show cause was granted and counsel was appointed to represent the relator. Answers were filed to the petition by the District Attorney and the Warden; relator’s counsel filed a supplemental petition, to which the District Attorney filed an answer; and the case was ordered for oral argument before this Court, briefs being filed by counsel for the relator and by the District Attorney.
Petitioner was tried and found guilty on March 22, 1946, on a Bill of Indictment No. 568 charging attempted…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Sunal v. LargeSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Knewel v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Garison v. BurkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Elliott v. BaldiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Commonwealth ex rel. Fletcher v. CavellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ashmon v. BanmillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Koffel v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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