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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Salerno v. Banmiller

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1959No. Appeal, 424PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the court below dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought by a prisoner seeMng his release.

The relevant facts are as follows: The petitioner, James F. Salerno, was sentenced in Philadelphia to a term of 1 to 3 years, effective April 9, 1954. He was received in the Eastern Correctional Diagnostic and Classification Center and from there transferred to the State Penitentiary at Graterford, from which he was released on parole, April 9, 1955. For an offense committed while on parole, he was sentenced June 15, 1956, to the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Passmore Williamson's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855
  2. Commonwealth v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lycett v. Ashe, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Ashe, WardenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Harman v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stevens v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Haun v. CavellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Moore v. RothSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Davis v. Pennsylvania Board of ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Johnson v. BookbinderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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