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COM. EX REL. FORD v. JEFFES

260 Pa.Super. 432 (1978)

394 A.2d 1004

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Albert A. FORD v. Glen R. JEFFES, Superintendent, State Correctional Institute, Dallas, Pa., and Robert P. Kane, Attorney General of Pa., State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pa., and William B. Robinson, Commissioner of Corrections at Camp Hill, Pa. Appeal of Albert A. FORD.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis P. Burns, Assistant Public Defender, Wilkes-Barre, for appellant.

Michael H. Garrety, Deputy Attorney General, Harrisburg, for appellees, Jeffes, Kane and Robinson.

Patrick J. Toole, Jr., District Attorney, Wilkes-Barre, for appellee, Luzerne County.

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

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County denying a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a prisoner, the appellant, in the State Correctional Institution at Dallas.

The appellant is a two time murderer who is presently serving a life sentence in prison. The prison authorities have confined him in a restricted area of the prison. Appellant claims that his confinement there is cruel and unusual punishment...

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