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Com. ex Rel. Bolish v. Rundle

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sep 27, 1966
222 A.2d 923 (Pa. 1966)

Opinion

September 27, 1966.

Appeals — Habeas corpus proceeding — Repetitious petition.

In this repetitious petition for a writ of habeas corpus advancing contentions thrice rejected by the Supreme Court, and also contending that the introduction at trial of relator's prior record invalidated his conviction, it was Held that the court below had properly dismissed the petition.

Mr. Justice COHEN and Mr. Justice EAGEN took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Submitted January 4, 1966. Before BELL, C. J., MUSMANNO, JONES, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

Appeal, No. 72, Jan. T., 1966, from order of Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, May T., 1965, No. 514, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Daniel Bolish v. Alfred T. Rundle, Warden. Order affirmed.

Habeas corpus.

Petition dismissed, order by HOBAN, P. J. Relator appealed.

Daniel Bolish, appellant, in propria persona.

Ralph P. Needle, Assistant District Attorney, and Joseph J. Cimino, District Attorney, for appellee.


We have considered and rejected the principal contentions advanced on this appeal on three previous occasions. See Commonwealth v. Bolish, 391 Pa. 550, 138 A.2d 447 (1958); Commonwealth ex rel. Bolish v. Banmiller, 396 Pa. 129, 151 A.2d 480 (1959); Commonwealth ex rel. Bolish v. Rundle, 413 Pa. 512, 198 A.2d 311 (1964). Nothing has been called to our attention which would justify a reconsideration of our previous dispositions.

Appellant, for the first time, also advances the contention that the introduction at trial of his prior record, under the pre-Split Verdict Act practice, deprived him of due process and invalidates his conviction. Our examination of the record convinces us that the convictions introduced were neither quantitatively nor qualitatively sufficient to constitute a denial of due process. Cf. Commonwealth ex rel. Marino v. Myers, 419 Pa. 448, 214 A.2d 491 (1965); Commonwealth ex rel. Gist v. Rundle, 419 Pa. 458, 214 A.2d 496 (1965).

We have considered the other contentions advanced and find them devoid of merit.

Order affirmed.

Mr. Justice COHEN and Mr. Justice EAGEN took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


Summaries of

Com. ex Rel. Bolish v. Rundle

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sep 27, 1966
222 A.2d 923 (Pa. 1966)
Case details for

Com. ex Rel. Bolish v. Rundle

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth ex rel. Bolish, Appellant, v. Rundle

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Sep 27, 1966

Citations

222 A.2d 923 (Pa. 1966)
222 A.2d 923

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