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COMMONWEALTH v. ARMSTEAD

430 Pa. 428 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Armstead, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Armstead, appellant, in propria persona.

Walter M. Phillips, Jr. and Michael J. Rotko, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, 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 an order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County, dismissing, after hearing, a petition seeking relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. Appellant was convicted on May 18, 1960, of second degree murder, after a plea of guilty to murder generally. He was sentenced to a term of ten to twenty years. No appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence.

Appellant claims that...

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