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COM. ex rel. ADDERLEY v. MYERS

419 Pa. 536 (1966)

Commonwealth ex rel. Adderley, Appellant, v. Myers.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Adderley, 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, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 4, 1966:

Charles L. Adderley, an incarcerated prisoner, is presently serving a life sentence having been found guilty of murder in the first degree by a three-judge court on June 25, 1957.

Adderley filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging he was denied due process because he was arrested without a warrant and a coerced confession was used against him. The court below, in denying the petition for the writ, stated: "Relator...

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