Commonwealth ex rel. Garrison v. Myers
This text of 23 Pa. D. & C.2d 519 (Commonwealth ex rel. Garrison v. Myers) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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The bases of relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus are that his sentence was too severe; that his lawyer incompetently conducted his defense, and that he did not receive a fair and impartial trial. All of these reasons might have been assigned upon a motion for a new trial, which was not filed. They may not be urged in an application for a writ of habeas corpus which cannot be made the substitute for normal appellate review: Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Ashe, 335 Pa. 575; Commonwealth ex rel. Sullivan v. Ashe, 325 Pa. 305, 310; Commonwealth ex rel. Helwig v. Maroney, 194 Pa. Superior Ct. 16.
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23 Pa. D. & C.2d 519, 1961 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 363, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-ex-rel-garrison-v-myers-pactcomplphilad-1961.