COM. ex rel. DeSIMONE v. CAVELL


185 Pa.Super. 131 (1958)

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

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John DeSimone, appellant, in propria persona.

Robert L. Webster, Assistant District Attorney, and Joseph E. Kovach, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY RHODES, P.J., January 21, 1958:

This proceeding is another example of the abuse of habeas corpus. Such repeated petitions by relator, an experienced offender,1 manifest a lack of sincerity and an absence of any meritorious ground for a writ. The present petition filed on April 30, 1957, was the third petition by relator which has been presented to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County. The first petition filed October...

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