OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, March 16, 1965:
Relator appeals from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas which dismissed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition for the writ asserted only one ground for relief, to wit: "Although the law requires defendant to have counsel at his preliminary hearing none was provided, nor was defendant advised of this right to counsel."
Relator, now 25 years old, is serving a life sentence imposed after a...
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