Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Blackman v. Banmiller

Philadelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided April 7, 1961No. 943Published

1Opinion of the Court

Sloane, P. J.,

Relator filed what he terms a “Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis and a Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Judgment.” We denied a rule to show cause why the petition should not be granted; we dismissed the writ.

Essentially, the petition in its main consideration is a repetition of another filed by relator a little over a year ago. That one was entitled simply “Writ of Error,” but since any appeal period had long expired, it *232was treated as a petition for writ of error coram nobis. That petition was dismissed in an opinion dated April 4, 1960. The two petitions are virtually…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. O'BRIENSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Commonwealth v. TraceySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Commonwealth v. O'BRIENSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Bandi v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Peiffer v. LedererSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960

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