HOFFMAN v. BURKE


378 Pa. 651 (1954)

Hoffman, Appellant, v. Burke.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Ehrlich, with him M. Bernard Hoffman, for appellant.

Edward Youngerman, Assistant District Attorney, with him Henry M. Koch, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, September 27, 1954:

On June 8, 1942, pursuant to a plea of guilty, entered in open court, the relator, Jacob L. Hoffman, was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Eastern State Penitentiary. It was not until October 8, 1952, more than ten years later, that the relator questioned the validity of the sentence imposed. He then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Court of...

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