Commonwealth ex rel. McMorris v. Maroney
Commonwealth ex rel. McMorris v. Maroney
Opinion of the Court
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Cambridge L. McMorris has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. According to the Commonwealth’s brief, appellant “has filed numerous petitions at various numbers and terms. The actual number filed is thirteen”. While it will be necessary for us to dispose of the instant appeal, we do not propose to burden this opinion with extended discussion.
Appellant’s petition for the writ attacks his conviction on May 27, 1948, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Westmoreland County at No. 8 May Term 1948, on a charge of burglary. He received a sentence to confinement for a term of not less than eight nor more than twenty years. This conviction was reviewed and sustained over ten years ago, both by our Supreme Court and by this court. See Commonwealth ex rel. McMorris v. Claudy, 172 Pa. Superior Ct. 283, 94 A. 2d 108. Repetitious petitions for habeas corpus may not be employed as devices to secure appellate review of adjudicated matters: Commonwealth ex rel. Hairston v. Myers, 202 Pa. Superior Ct. 214, 195 A. 2d 813.
In his brief, appellant attacks his subsequent convictions in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Westmoreland County at No. 362 April Sessions 1961, and No. 78 July Sessions 1961, on charges of larceny and resisting arrest. We have made a painstaking review of the original trial record in these cases. It discloses that, on or about March 26, 1961, appellant received a parole at No. 8 May Term 1948. Four days later,
The allegations in appellant’s brief are set forth in the footnote.
Order affirmed.
“1. Avers he was prosecuted on improper authority in the charge of resisting arrest. 2. Avers the corpus delicti in larceny and resisting arrest was never proven. 3. Avers illegal search in the interrogation of defense witness by the prosecution. 4. Avers Commonwealth’s exhibit 3 [a photograph of the wrecked automobile] was illegally introduced. 5. Avers sanity was never proven by the Commonwealth. 6. Avers the Court erred in' its improper remarks and confusing the prosecutors, and evidence. 7. Avers the trial court suspended the right of petition”.
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