Legal Opinion
Collins v. Brierley
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 2, 1971No. Civ. A. 46-71 EriePublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
KNOX, District Judge.
In this application for writ of habeas corpus brought by a state prisoner presently incarcerated in the Pennsylvania Western Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh under a sentence for a term of 10-20 years following conviction of second degree murder in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Pennsylvania, we feel impelled to grant the writ. We have concluded to do so because we are bound by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Harrison v. United States, 392 U.S. 219, 88 S.Ct. 2008, 20 L.Ed.2d 1047…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hillard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Collins v. BrierlyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Hence v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1999
- Pavkovich v. BrierleyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Royall Collins v. Joseph R. Brierly, Superintendent State Correctional Institution Atpittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Royall Collins v. Joseph R. Brierly, Superintendent State Correctional Institution Atpittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974