COMMONWEALTH EX REL. HAIRSTON v. BANMILLER

No. 2583.

23 Pa. D. & C. 2d 562 (1961)

Commonwealth ex rel. Hairston v. Banmiller

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Hairston, p. p., for relator.

Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, and Paul M. Chalfin, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth.


GUERIN, J., March 13, 1961.

Petitioner sought a writ of habeas corpus. A rule to show cause why his petition should not be granted was allowed, and answers were filed by respondent Warden and the District Attorney of Philadelphia County. Upon hearing the petition was dismissed and the rule to show cause discharged.

On April 14, 1958, after a plea of guilty to a charge of aggravated robbery, relator was sentenced on bill no. 1051, August term, 1957, to a term...

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