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Commonwealth ex rel. Wright v. Myers

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 17, 1964
198 A.2d 409 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1964)

Opinion

March 2, 1964.

March 17, 1964.

Criminal Law — Practice — Habeas corpus — Contentions of relator previously considered and rejected.

In a habeas corpus proceeding, in which it appeared that the contentions advanced by relator had been previously considered and rejected by both state and federal courts, the order of the court below dismissing his petition was affirmed.

Before RHODES, P.J., ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ.

Appeal, No. 26, Feb. T., 1964, from order of Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Oct. T., 1963, No. 2269, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Eugene Wright v. David N. Myers, Superintendent. Order affirmed.

Habeas corpus.

Order entered dismissing petition, opinion by LEWIS, J. Relator appealed.

Eugene Wright, appellant, in propria persona.

Pasco L. Schiavo, Assistant District Attorney, and Thomas E. Mack, District Attorney, for appellee.


Submitted March 2, 1964.


Eugene Wright has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The contentions he advances on this appeal have been previously considered and rejected by both State and Federal Courts. See Commonwealth ex rel. Wright v. Day, 178 Pa. Super. 337, 115 A.2d 398; allocatur refused, 178 Pa. Super. xxix; certiorari denied, 350 U.S. 942, 76 S. Ct. 319, 100 L. Ed. 822; U.S. ex rel. Wright v. Myers, 142 F. Supp. 387.


Order affirmed.


Summaries of

Commonwealth ex rel. Wright v. Myers

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 17, 1964
198 A.2d 409 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1964)
Case details for

Commonwealth ex rel. Wright v. Myers

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth ex rel. Wright, Appellant v. Myers

Court:Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 17, 1964

Citations

198 A.2d 409 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1964)
198 A.2d 409