Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Souder v. Watson
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 28, 1976No. Civ. 74-279PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HERMAN, District Judge.
Before the court is a petition by a state prisoner for a writ of habeas corpus which challenges the constitutionality of Section 411 of the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966, 50 P.S. § 4411. 1
As the parties have stipulated the salient facts, no hearing has been conducted in this case. The facts are as follows.
Petitioner is a citizen of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1962 he was sentenced to life imprisonment upon a finding of guilty of murder in the first degree. He was initially imprisoned at…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Jamieson v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Ricci, Alexander D. v. State Board of Law Examiners, Desmond McTighe Abraham H. Lipez, Justin M. Johnson, John W. English, Sr., and Anthony S. MinisiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Souder v. McGuireDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Mayberry v. SomnerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Mcnelly Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County1987