COM. ex rel. WARDROP v. WARDEN


237 Pa.Super. 502 (1975)

Commonwealth ex rel. Wardrop, Appellant, v. Warden, State Correctional Institution.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Speice, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Amos C. Davis, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY VAN DER VOORT, J., December 1, 1975:

The instant appeal arose after the denial of a petition for habeas corpus relief by the trial court. No hearing was held in the lower court and the Petitioner-Appellant, James Wardrop, seeks a reversal and an order for hearing by our Court. We believe the lower court acted correctly and must deny the appellant's plea.

The record shows that on February 16, 1972, the appellant began incarceration on a 10 to 20...

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