Gryger v. Burke

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1948-10-11

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Mr. Justice Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania holds the petitioner prisoner under a life sentence as an habitual criminal. His claim here, protesting denial by the State Supreme Court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, is that the Federal Constitution requires Pennsylvania to release him on due process of law grounds because (1) he was sentenced as a…

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