COM. ex rel. CHAMPION v. CLAUDY


171 Pa.Super. 143 (1952)

Commonwealth ex rel. Champion, Appellant, v. Claudy.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 17, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold F. Reed, Jr., with him Reed, Ewing & Ray and Leslie D. Champion, appellant, in propria persona.

J.L. Solomon, with him Richard P. Steward, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and GUNTHER, JJ. (ARNOLD, J., absent).


OPINION BY HIRT, J., July 17, 1952:

There is no merit in relator's contention in this habeas corpus proceeding that the court was without authority to impose the sentence on which he was committed. The order remanding him to custody will be affirmed.

On April 13, 1949, relator, with full understanding of the nature of the charge, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to ravish his minor daughter. In so doing he stated that he did not need counsel and he endorsed...

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