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· 1/24/1979

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Paulinski v. Isaac

Citations

  • 397 A.2d 760
  • 483 Pa. 467
  • 1979 Pa. LEXIS 532

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that habeas corpus applies only where relator is in custody, but relator need not be incarcerated to meet such threshold requirement
  • stating that habeas corpus applies only where relator is in custody, but relator need not be incarcerated to meet such threshold requirement
  • “We find the restraints on a petitioner bound over for court and released on bail sufficient to satisfy the custody requirement of a habeas corpus petition.”
  • “Constitutional provisions' are not to be read in a strained or technical manner. Rather, they must be given the ordinary, natural interpretation the ratifying voter would give them.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen

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