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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stranahan v. Banmiller

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 16, 1959No. Appeal, 193PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County to grant a writ of habeas corpus to J. J. Stranahan, a prisoner at Eastern State Penitentiary. The court below dismissed the petition on the ground that it raised only questions already disposed of in two previous petitions by the prisoner for writs of habeas corpus which it had refused to grant.

The petitioner was sentenced on May 24, 1958, to the Lancaster County Jail on two charges of larceny for a term of 2 to 4 years. He was released on parole June 22, 1954, after receiving a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Salerno v. BanmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Harman v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wall v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Radziewicz v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Young v. DaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Peiffer PetitionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. Commonwealth v. WardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. Smith v. HendrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Sliva v. Rundle, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1962
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Phillips v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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