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COMMONWEALTH v. LEWIS

436 Pa. 590 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Lewis, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin F. Galfand, for appellant.

Fortunata Musto and James D. Crawford, 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 EAGEN, January 9, 1970:

On October 27, 1965, James Henry Lewis pleaded guilty generally to an indictment charging him with murder. After the taking of testimony before a three-judge court, he was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree, and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. Throughout the proceedings Lewis was represented by able counsel. No appeal was entered from the judgment.

In August and October 1968, Lewis filed...

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