Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex. rel. Sickler v. Myers

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County

Decided November 20, 1959No. 1547PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Sickler v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Sickler v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960

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