Com. ex Rel. Collins v. Maroney

Full title: Commonwealth ex rel. Collins, Appellant, v. Maroney

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 22, 1966

217 A.2d 739 (Pa. 1966)

217 A.2d 739

Opinion

Submitted January 5, 1966.

March 22, 1966.

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

Appeal, No. 132, Jan. T., 1966, from order of Court of Common Pleas No. 8 of Philadelphia County, June T., 1965, No. 7175, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. John L. Collins v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent. Order affirmed.

Habeas corpus.

Petition dismissed, order by McCLANAGHAN, J. Relator appealed.

John L. Collins, appellant, in propria persona.

Gordon Gelfond and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for appellee.

OPINION PER CURIAM, March 22, 1966:

This is an appeal from an order below dismissing an action in habeas corpus without hearing.

We affirm. The following recent decisions are controlling: Commonwealth ex rel. Blackshear v. Myers, 419 Pa. 151, 213 A.2d 378 (1965); Commonwealth ex rel. Knowles v. Rundle, 419 Pa. 300, 213 A.2d 635 (1965); and, Commonwealth ex rel. Adderley v. Myers, 418 Pa. 366, 211 A.2d 481 (1965).

Order affirmed.