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COM. ex rel. BACKUS v. CAVELL

186 Pa.Super. 48 (1958)

Commonwealth ex rel. Backus, Appellant, v. Cavell.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alphonso Backus, appellant, in propria persona.

Juanita Kidd Stout, Assistant District Attorney, James N. Lafferty, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, and WATKINS, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, April 16, 1958:

This is an appeal by relator from the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus as of No. 498, September Term, 1957, in the Court of Common Pleas No. 1 of Philadelphia County. The facts relating to his conviction and sentence are set forth in Com. ex rel. Backus v. Burke, 174 Pa.Super. 83, 99 A.2d 910. Relator attempts to raise the question of double jeopardy because his...

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