Legal Opinion
Commonwealth. v. Herge
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1970No. Appeal, 251PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Bobeets,
Appellant Irvin C. Herge is now sixty-five years old. Some twenty-three years ago, he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. No direct appeal was taken. Since that time, however, he has not ceased his efforts to secure some form of post-conviction relief.
On February 6, 1967, appellant filed the present petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. He alleged (1) that he was entitled to a Jackson-Denno hearing on whether his confessions, admitted into evidence at his degree of guilt hearing, were voluntary, and (2)…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PfaffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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- Commonwealth v. SkurkisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Continental Oil Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Peterson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
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