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COM. ex rel. LOFTON v. RUSSELL

418 Pa. 517 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. Lofton, Appellant, v. Russell.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 6, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence Lofton, appellant, in propria persona.

Gordon Gelfond and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, July 6, 1965:

This appeal is from an order of the Court of Common Pleas No. 5 of Philadelphia County dismissing the appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The appellant alleges that his present confinement is illegal in that his constitutional rights have been denied. He alleges that he did not have the benefit of counsel when he gave the police a statement of his implication in a crime with the commission of which...

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