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COM. ex rel. ROWLES v. MYERS

422 Pa. 196 (1966)

Commonwealth ex rel. Rowles, Appellant, v. Myers.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Rowles, appellant, in propria persona.

Harold E. Sheely, Assistant District Attorney, and Richard C. Snelbaker, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, June 24, 1966:

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder in a trial by jury, during which he was represented by appointed counsel, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He presently seeks to impeach that conviction on the ground, inter alia, that a constitutionally tainted confession, alleged to have been obtained in the absence of counsel and as the result of coercion, was admitted into evidence. We find no merit in appellant's...

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