Commonwealth ex rel. Thompson v. Maroney
Commonwealth ex rel. Thompson v. Maroney
Opinion of the Court
Opinion
The petitioner in this habeas corpus case alleges that his sentence of 4 to 15 years in a state correctional institution for burglary is illegal because the record of his prior convictions presented to the trial judge by the district attorney at the time of his sentencing was inaccurate. The prisoner states in his petition that he denied the alleged convictions at the time they were presented to the sentencing judge.
The petition for a writ of habeas corpus was considered by President Judge Samuel J. Roberts, specially presiding, now a justice-elect of the Supreme Court, who was also the sentencing judge. He entered an order dismissing the petition, stating his reasons therefore as follows: “We have before us relator’s third
Order affirmed.
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