UNITED STATES v. MARONEY

No. 16117.

378 F.2d 55 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Richard W. MONK, Jr., Appellant, v. James F. MARONEY, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Monk, Jr., pro se.

Edwin J. Martin, Robert W. Duggan, Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and FORMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant contends that his confinement is unconstitutional by reason of the aggregation of the minimum and maximum sentences as required by § 897 of 19 Purdon's Pa.Stat.Ann.1 The purpose of that section was to eliminate the requirement that a prisoner serving consecutive sentences apply for a "constructive parole...

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