Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wilkins v. Banmiller

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wilkins v. Banmiller

164 A.2d 333, 401 Pa. 347, 1960 Pa. LEXIS 531

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedOctober 18, 1960

DocketAppeal, 150

StatusPublished

Cited by16 cases

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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wilkins v. Banmiller, 164 A.2d 333, 401 Pa. 347, 1960 Pa. LEXIS 531 (Pa. 1960).

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Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from the order of the court below dismissing without a hearing a petition for habeas corpus. The petitioner was indicted for murder at the January Sessions, 1948. On March 2, 1950, after having been apprehended in New York City and returned by appropriate proceedings to Pennsylvania, the petitioner, upon being re-arraigned before a court en banc (consisting of three judges), withdrew his plea of not guilty and plead guilty generally to the charge of murder. After hearing evidence, the court found the petitioner guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken from the finding or the imposition of sentence.

The matters complained of herein are such as are reviewable only on appeal. Petitioner cannot, there *349 fore, now avail liimself of habeas corpus as a remedy since the writ may not be used as a substitute for an appeal. Com. ex rel. Bishop v. Maroney, 399 Pa. 208, 159 A. 2d 893 (1960) ; Com. ex rel. Elliott v. Baldi, 373 Pa. 489, 96 A. 2d 122 (1953).

Order affirmed.

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Opinion

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from the order of the court below dismissing without a hearing a petition for habeas corpus. The petitioner was indicted for murder at the January Sessions, 1948. On March 2, 1950, after having been apprehended in New York City and returned by appropriate proceedings to Pennsylvania, the petitioner, upon being re-arraigned before a court en banc (consisting of three judges), withdrew his plea of not guilty and plead guilty generally to the charge of murder. After hearing evidence, the court found the petitioner guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken from the finding or the imposition of sentence.

The matters complained of herein are such as are reviewable only on appeal. Petitioner cannot, there *349 fore, now avail liimself of habeas corpus as a remedy since the writ may not be used as a substitute for an appeal. Com. ex rel. Bishop v. Maroney, 399 Pa. 208, 159 A. 2d 893 (1960) ; Com. ex rel. Elliott v. Baldi, 373 Pa. 489, 96 A. 2d 122 (1953).

Order affirmed.

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