Commonwealth ex. rel. Sickler v. Myers
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
1Opinion of the Court
Hoban, P. J.,
— Relator, Ells-worth Sickler, a prisoner in the State penitentiary at Graterford, brings this petition and asks for a hearing to test the legality of his sentence. Sickler is currently serving a combined sentence of 18 to 60 years in the State correctional system, the sentence consisting of three of 6 to 20 years each, to be served consecutively. The sentences were imposed for a series of burglaries which took place in Lackawanna County.
This is apparently the second application for a writ of habeas corpus made by this prisoner. On a previous application a writ was refused…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth ex rel. Sickler v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth ex rel. Sickler v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960