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COM. ex rel. SAMPSON v. BANMILLER

406 Pa. 147 (1962)

Commonwealth ex rel. Sampson, Appellant, v. Banmiller.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Vinikoor, with him Vinikoor and Criden, for appellant.

Stanley M. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorney, with him Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, Paul M. Chalfin, First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and ALPERN, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 2, 1962:

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant-relator was found guilty of murder in the first degree under the felony-murder rule by a court en banc in 1952, after having entered a plea of guilty, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Although defendant was represented by counsel at the trial, there was no motion for a new trial and no appeal from the original sentence.

Appellant contends that...

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