COM. EX REL. COLEMAN v. CUYLER


261 Pa.Super. 274 (1978)

396 A.2d 394

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Johnny COLEMAN, a/k/a Bobby Coleman, a/k/a Alvan King v. Julius CUYLER, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution. Appeal of Johnny COLEMAN, a/k/a Bobby Coleman, a/k/a Alvan King.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Branca, Lansdale, for appellant.

Francis Fillippi, Norristown, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


VAN der VOORT, Judge:

Appellant Johnny Coleman was sentenced by a Pennsylvania court in May of 1976 to serve a term of two to five years imprisonment. While appellant was serving his term, the state of New Jersey attempted to extradite him to stand trial on a 1971 New Jersey weapons charge.1 On September 3, 1976, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the Detainers Agreement,2...

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