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COMMONWEALTH v. HORNBERGER

430 Pa. 413 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Hornberger, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Stevens, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Arthur Ed. Saylor, First Assistant District Attorney, and Robert L. VanHoove, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, July 1, 1968:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Berks County, dismissing after hearing appellant's petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act seeking Jackson-Denno relief. Appellant was convicted by a jury on March 24, 1961, of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Some time thereafter, he was committed to the Farview State Hospital where he was an inmate at the...

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