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Com. ex Rel. Lowry v. Myers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 16, 1965
207 A.2d 589 (Pa. 1965)

Opinion

Submitted January 6, 1965.

March 16, 1965.

Before BELL, C. J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

Appeal, No. 35, Jan. T., 1965, from order of Court of Quarter Sessions of Bucks County, March T., 1964, No. 1588, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. John Lowry v. David N. Myers, Superintendent. Order affirmed.

Habeas corpus.

Petition denied without a hearing, order by BIESTER, P. J. Relator appealed.

John J. Lowry, appellant, in propria persona.

David Durben, Assistant District Attorney, and William J. Carlin, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.


Relator, who was represented by an attorney, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction and sentence were affirmed in Commonwealth v. Lowry, 374 Pa. 594, 98 A.2d 733. The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, 347 U.S. 914. Relator filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus which was denied by the lower Court without a hearing. Relator then filed this appeal.

We have examined the record and find no merit in any of relator's contentions.

Order affirmed.


Summaries of

Com. ex Rel. Lowry v. Myers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 16, 1965
207 A.2d 589 (Pa. 1965)
Case details for

Com. ex Rel. Lowry v. Myers

Case Details

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

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 16, 1965

Citations

207 A.2d 589 (Pa. 1965)
207 A.2d 589

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