Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Speaks v. Rundle
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 16, 1966No. Appeal, No. 501PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Weight, J.,
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of Court of Common Pleas No. 10 of Philadelphia County, entered May 12, 1966, granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and directing that the petitioner, Heyward Speaks, be discharged. The order will be reversed.
On October 21, 1966, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County at Nos. 938 to 988 October Sessions 1966, true bills were returned on fifty-one indictments charging Heyward Speaks with various criminal offenses. Twenty-two of these bills charged either rape or assault with intent to ravish and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wherry v. MaroneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
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