COM. EX REL. ICENHOUR v. MARONEY, 415 Pa. 541 (1964)

204 A.2d 461

Commonwealth ex rel. Icenhour, Appellant, v. Maroney.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.Submitted July 15, 1964.
November 10, 1964.

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

Appeal (petition for allocatur), No. 42, March T., 1965, from order of Superior Court, April T., 1964, No. 29, affirming order of Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County, Dec. T., 1963, No. 26, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Elmer G. Icenhour v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent. Petition for allocatur granted, orders reversed and new trial ordered.

Same case in Superior Court: 203 Pa. Super. 716.

Habeas corpus.

Writ denied, opinion by McCREARY, P. J.; relator appealed to Superior Court which affirmed order, per curiam. Relator petitioned for allocatur.

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Elmer G. Icenhour, petitioner, in propria persona.

Edward J. Tocci, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert J. Masters, District Attorney, for respondent.

OPINION PER CURIAM, November 10, 1964:

In the light of our decisions in Commonwealth ex rel. O’Lock v. Rundle, 415 Pa. 515, 204 A.2d 439 (1964), and Commonwealth ex rel. Goodfellow v. Rundle, 415 Pa. 528, 204 A.2d 446 (1964), allocatur is granted in the above case. The orders of the Superior Court and the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County are reversed and the record is remanded to the court of original jurisdiction with directions to issue the writ and order a retrial.