1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 397 Pa.
  5. 397 Pa. 607 (1959)
 

COM. ex rel. DERMENDZIN v. MYERS

397 Pa. 607 (1959)

Commonwealth ex rel. Dermendzin, Appellant, v. Myers.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Dermendzin, appellant, in propria persona.

Frank B. Warfel, Assistant District Attorney, with him Park H. Loose, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, December 30, 1959:

This appeal from an order of the court below, dismissing the relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, questions whether the relator was duly sentenced for the crime whereof he was convicted. A writ of habeas corpus is the appropriate means for testing the legality of a sentence imposed upon a convict. See Halderman's Case, 53 Pa.Super. 554; Commonwealth...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases