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COM. ex rel. HOBBS v. RUSSELL

420 Pa. 1 (1966)

Commonwealth ex rel. Hobbs, Appellant, v. Russell.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hobbs, appellant, in propria persona.

Gordon Gelfond and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, January 4, 1966:

This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas No. 8 of Philadelphia County denying, without hearing, defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Relator came to trial on April 16, 1963, on two bills of indictment; one charged him with murder, and the other with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Prior to the introduction of any testimony and after the District Attorney had certified...

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