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COM. ex rel. ANDREWS v. RUSSELL

420 Pa. 4 (1966)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Andrews, 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, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, January 4, 1966:

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for habeas corpus filed November 20, 1964. The petition was dismissed without a hearing by Order of the Common Pleas Court.

On April 29, 1954, relator while represented by counsel pleaded guilty and was found guilty by the Court en banc of murder in the first degree.

Relator voluntarily made a statement to the police on December 3, 1953, several hours...

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