[DOWNLOAD] "Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Herman v. Claudy" by Supreme Court of the United States # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Herman v. Claudy
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 09, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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In 1945 petitioner Stephen Herman pleaded guilty in a Pennsylvania state court to 8 charges of burglary, 12 of larceny, 8 of forgery, and 2 of false pretense. He was sentenced to serve 17 1/2 to 35 years in the penitentiary, 2 1/2 to 5 years on each of the charges, some running consecutively, some concurrently. Eight years later, in 1953, he filed this petition for habeas corpus in the same Pennsylvania court, asking that his conviction be held invalid as in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. He alleged: (1) that his pleas of guilty were the result of coercion and threats by state officers and (2) that at no stage of the proceedings was he either advised of his right to or given the benefit of counsel. The District Attorney filed an answer challenging the materiality of some of petitioners allegations,