Appeal, No. 357 | Pa. Super. Ct. | Dec 16, 1965
Concurrence Opinion
I concur in the result only, because it is clear to me that appellant was not denied the effective representation of counsel.
Whether habeas corpus relief should be extended to a parolee, however, is still in great doubt. See Commonwealth ex rel. Stevens v. Myers, 419 Pa. 1" court="Pa." date_filed="1965-09-29" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/commonwealth-ex-rel-stevens-v-myers-1923511?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1923511">419 Pa. 1, 6, n. 7, 213 A.2d 613" court="Pa." date_filed="1965-09-29" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/commonwealth-ex-rel-stevens-v-myers-1923511?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1923511">213 A. 2d 613, 616n. (1965). In my opinion, we need not pass on this issue in this case.
Lead Opinion
Opinion by
Robert E. Wood has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The background of this case is summarized in our opinion af.firming the dismissal of a prior habeas corpus petition. See Commonwealth ex rel. Wood v. Maroney, 199 Pa. Super. 561" court="Pa. Super. Ct." date_filed="1962-12-12" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/commonwealth-ex-rel-wood-v-maroney-6284085?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6284085">199 Pa. Superior Ct. 561, 186 A. 2d 864. Allocatur refused 199 Pa. Superior Ct. xxxi. Certiorari denied 374 U.S. 854" court="SCOTUS" date_filed="1963-06-17" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/wood-v-maroney-8946985?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="8946985">374 U. S. 854, 10 L. Ed. 2d 1075, 83 S. Ct. 1922" court="SCOTUS" date_filed="1963-06-17" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/wood-v-maroney-8946985?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="8946985">83 S. Ct. 1922.
The order of the court below will be affirmed for two reasons. (1) In Wood’s present petition the sole contention which may be raised by habeas corpus is the denial of effective representation by counsel. This contention was considered and rejected in the prior appeal. (2) As a consequence of Wood’s parole he is no longer in the custody of the superintendent of the Western State Correctional Institution, wherefore the proceeding has become moot: Commonwealth ex rel. Spader v. Burke, 171 Pa. Superior Ct. 289, 90 A. 2d 849.
Order affirmed.