COM. ex rel. SIMON v. MARONEY


195 Pa.Super. 613 (1961)

Commonwealth ex rel. Simon, Appellant, v. Maroney.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Lubow, for appellant.

Samuel Strauss, Assistant District Attorney, with him Edward C. Boyle, District Attorney, for appellee.

Thomas M. Cooley, II and Majorie Hanson Matson, for amicus curiae.

Before ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ. (RHODES, P.J., absent).


OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., June 15, 1961:

When 18 years of age, John Simon, the petitioner in this habeas corpus case, raped two young girls and robbed three women, brutally clubbing two of them. He made a hood of overalls, and wore it over his head while committing the crimes. He had previously been in Juvenile Court as a result of his involvement in other serious law violations. He was apprehended, and on June 18, 1942, he was sentenced to a total of 20 to 40 years...

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