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COM. ex rel. WEST v. RUNDLE

428 Pa. 102 (1968)

Commonwealth ex rel. West, Appellant, v. Rundle.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sank West, appellant, in propria persona.

Paul Michel and Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, January 3, 1968:

Once again we are faced with a type of case that has unfortunately become all too typical. After a 1958 plea of guilty to murder, appellant Sank West was sentenced to 10 to 20 years imprisonment. The record of this proceeding failed to show any examination by the trial court made in an attempt to determine whether West's plea was intelligently and voluntarily made.

This silent record, combined with allegations...

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