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COM. ex rel. HESS v. RUSSELL

424 Pa. 328 (1967)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Hess, appellant, in propria persona.

Edwin J. Martin, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, March 14, 1967:

The appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally, and, in June of 1950, the degree of guilt was fixed by the court at murder in the first degree, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His petition for writ of habeas corpus was denied by the court below, after a hearing. This appeal followed.

At the hearing to fix the degree of guilt, appellant, who was represented by counsel, made no objection to the introduction...

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