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COM. ex rel. ZAFFINA v. MARONEY

423 Pa. 237 (1966)

Commonwealth ex rel. Zaffina, Appellant, v. Maroney.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Daniel Zaffina, appellant, in propria persona.

Edwin J. Martin and Charles B. Watkins, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, November 15, 1966:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which denied, without a hearing, a petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus by Frank D. Zaffina, now serving a life sentence after having been found guilty of murder in the first degree.

The factual background of the events which led to Zaffina's conviction may be briefly stated.1 Zaffina...

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