COM. ex rel. SLEIGHTER v. BANMILLER


392 Pa. 133 (1958)

Commonwealth ex rel. Sleighter, Appellant, v. Banmiller.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Sleighter, appellant, in propria persona.

George C. Eppinger, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, March 17, 1958:

This appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County dismissing the relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is the sixth proceeding1 taken by the petitioner who seeks release from imprisonment imposed following a conviction for first degree murder, from which no appeal was taken.

In 1937 the petitioner was convicted...

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