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COM. ex rel. SAUNDERS v. CAVELL

390 Pa. 458 (1957)

Commonwealth ex rel. Saunders, Appellant, v. Cavell.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Landy, Harold A. Gold and Wolken & Landy, for appellant.

Edward C. Boyle, District Attorney, George H. Ross and William Claney Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, November 11, 1957:

The appellant relator, who is serving a life sentence in the Western Pennsylvania State Penitentiary for a conviction of murder in the first degree, petitioned the court below for a writ of habeas corpus charging that his present restraint resulted from a violation of his constitutional rights at his trial for murder. The matter alleged by the appellant as violative of his fundamental rights was the admission at trial of certain...

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