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COM. ex rel. GEIGER v. BURKE

371 Pa. 230 (1952)

Commonwealth ex rel. Geiger, Appellant, v. Burke.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Bongiovanni, Jr., with him Frank R. Hean and Julius C. Acchione, for appellant.

Richard D. Walker, Assistant District Attorney, with him Huette F. Dowling, District Attorney, for appellees.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, June 24, 1952:

Relator appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court below granted a rule to show cause, and answers were filed by the Warden of the Eastern Penitentiary and the District Attorney of Dauphin County. After argument on the petition and answers, the rule was discharged.

Relator is serving a term of life imprisonment...

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