Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Lowry v. Myers
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 29, 1966No. 15500PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Commonwealth appeals from the order of the district court granting relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1
Relator was convicted in the state court in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, of first degree murder. Pursuant to the Pennsylvania practice which prevailed at that time (Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 701, 18 Purdon’s Pa.Stat.Annot. § 4701, based on Act of May 14, 1925, P.L. 759, § 1) the jury fixed the penalty at life imprisonment and he was sentenced accordingly. In the state courts, where he exhausted his remedies 2 and in the court below, the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LowrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Commonwealth v. ParkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- United States of America Ex Rel. Anthony Scoleri v. William J. Banmiller, Warden, Eastern State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- William Everett Reed v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- United States of America Ex Rel. Herman Rucker v. David N. Myers, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. AtkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. ChapascoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- United States ex rel. Parker v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- Lesko v. JeffesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Bernard Ross v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent of the Correctional Institution at PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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