COM. ex rel. McKENNA v. CAVELL


423 Pa. 387 (1966)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard P. McKenna, appellant, in propria persona.

Maurice L. Epstein, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, November 29, 1966:

This appeal lies from an order of the Superior Court affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County which, after a hearing at which Gerard McKenna was represented by court-appointed counsel, denied the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. We granted an allocatur.

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