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COM. ex rel. SWILLEY v. MARONEY

420 Pa. 419 (1966)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 22, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony R. Swilley, 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, March 22, 1966:

In 1952 relator was captured in a gun battle while trying to escape from the theatre which he had just robbed and in which he had shot and killed an usher. While represented by counsel, relator pleaded guilty to murder and then took the witness stand and testified in detail to the murder. The Court after hearing the evidence found him guilty of (felony) murder in the first degree and sentenced him to...

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