United States of America Ex Rel. John H. Sullivan v. Chief Probation Officer of the Quarter Sessions Court and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

In March of 1965, the appellant was tried and convicted on an indictment (Bill No. 1085) charging him with corrupting the morals of a minor. He was thereupon sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than six nor more than twenty-three months. In May of 1966, he was tried and convicted on an indictment (Bill No. 941), charging him with assault with intent to ravish. He was thereupon sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two and a half to five years, which he is now serving.

The matter came before the court below on a petition for habeas corpus in which the appellant challenged the…