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COM. EX REL. MARSHALL v. GEDNEY

478 Pa. 299 (1978)

386 A.2d 942

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Ruby MARSHALL, Appellant, v. Dewaine GEDNEY, Director Release on Recognizance Program.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 23, 1978.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Defender Assn. of Philadelphia, Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Leonard Sosnov, John W. Packel, Asst. Defenders Steven Morley, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Mark Sendrow, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

On September 6, 1973, appellant, Ruby Marshall, was arrested by the Philadelphia police. The basis for the arrest was the issuance of a Pennsylvania Governor's Warrant stating that appellant was a fugitive from Kansas, where she was charged with felonious homicide in the death of her husband, Hezekial Marshall. Appellant filed a writ of habeas corpus, and on September 25, 1973, she was released...

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