Commonwealth Ex Rel. Munyan v. Smith
Opinion
The petitioner pleaded guilty to a bill of indictment charging him with indecent assault on a female child six years of age. He was sentenced on January 29, 1942 to imprisonment in the Eastern State Penitentiary for not less than 18 months nor more than 3 years, and was committed the same day.
He asks in this petition to be released from imprisonment on the ground that the crime charged is a common law misdemeanor and that the maximum penalty for it is simple imprisonment not exceeding two years.
The district attorney and the warden, in their answers, concede that his contention is correct.
Having served more than two years imprisonment, he is entitled to be discharged.
The rule to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue is made absolute, and the petitioner is ordered to be discharged from confinement.
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