Case Name: Commonwealth ex rel. Garrison v. Myers
Court: Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1961-03-02
Citations: 23 Pa. D. & C.2d 519
Docket Number: No. 3; no. 2534
Parties: Commonwealth ex rel. Garrison v. Myers
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania District and County Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 519–520

Head Matter:
Commonwealth ex rel. Garrison v. Myers
Milton Garrison, in propria persona, for relator.
Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, and Paul M. Chalfin, District Attorney, for Commonwealth.
March 2, 1961.

Opinion:
Guerin, J.,
The bases of relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus are that his sentence was too severe; that his lawyer incompetently conducted his defense, and that he did not receive a fair and impartial trial. All of these reasons might have been assigned upon a motion for a new trial, which was not filed. They may not be urged in an application for a writ of habeas corpus which cannot be made the substitute for normal appellate review: Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Ashe, 335 Pa. 575; Commonwealth ex rel. Sullivan v. Ashe, 325 Pa. 305, 310; Commonwealth ex rel. Helwig v. Maroney, 194 Pa. Superior Ct. 16.