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COM. ex rel. FISHER v. STITZEL

418 Pa. 356 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. Fisher, Appellant, v. Stitzel.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Cianci, with him Jane Ludwig Worley, for appellant.

Ralph J. Althouse, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him W. Richard Eshelman, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, June 30, 1965:

This is an appeal by Larry Fisher, who was charged with the murder of his grandmother, Anna Fisher. From an Order of the lower Court dismissing relator's pre-indictment petition for a writ of habeas corpus, this appeal was taken.

The Pennsylvania State police, on June 20, 1964, conducted a general investigation into the death of Anna Fisher, who died as the result of "asphyxia." Many persons, including the...

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