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Com. ex Rel. Orlando v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 4, 1943
30 A.2d 534 (Pa. 1943)

Opinion

January 4, 1943.

Judgments — Conclusiveness — Habeas corpus — Petition filed in Superior Court — Supreme Court.

A relator who has had a petition for a writ of habeas corpus adjudicated in the Superior Court is not entitled to file a petition containing the same averments in the Supreme Court.

Petition for writ of habeas corpus. Original jurisdiction, No. 70 Misc. Docket No. 8, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Anthony S. Orlando v. Herbert Smith, Warden. Petition refused.


This petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by an inmate of the Eastern State Penitentiary contains the same averments as were contained in a petition by the same person and for the same writ filed with the Superior Court and on which the following order was made on December 2, 1942: "The within petition presents no valid ground for release or discharge on habeas corpus. It is accordingly denied."

The relator having had his petition adjudicated in the Superior Court is not entitled to file the same petition in this court.


Summaries of

Com. ex Rel. Orlando v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 4, 1943
30 A.2d 534 (Pa. 1943)
Case details for

Com. ex Rel. Orlando v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth ex rel. Orlando v. Smith, Warden

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 4, 1943

Citations

30 A.2d 534 (Pa. 1943)
30 A.2d 534

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