COM. ex rel. ESTELLE v. CAVELL


191 Pa.Super. 200 (1959)

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

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Hanson Matson, with her Louis C. Glasso, for appellant.

John K. Best, First Assistant District Attorney, with him Richard E. McCormick, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, and WATKINS, JJ. (RHODES, P.J., absent).


OPINION BY WRIGHT, J., December 17, 1959:

Acie Estelle has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County dismissing, after hearing, his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The factual and procedural background is set forth in the following excerpt from the opinion below:

"The petitioner and one, Alfred Earley, were implicated in two crimes. They were indicted for burglary...

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