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COMMONWEALTH v. ORR

434 Pa. 390 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Orr, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Gilbert Orr, appellant, in propria persona.

James D. Crawford and Fortunata Guidice, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, May 28, 1969:

Appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of murder generally in 1967, and was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a three judge panel. In 1968 a PCHA petition was filed alleging that appellant's confession was involuntary, that his guilty plea was unlawfully induced and that counsel was ineffective. A hearing was held before Judge GUERIN, one of the judges on the original sentencing panel; the petition was subsequently...

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