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COMMONWEALTH v. LEAMER

440 Pa. 37 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Leamer, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Dean Lower, for appellant.

Amos Davis, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, October 9, 1970:

Glenn Leamer was indicted on a charge of murder in 1956. Following a plea of guilty he was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death; but his conviction was reversed* after it was found that he had not been competent to stand trial at the time he pleaded guilty.

Leamer was again tried on the murder charge in 1958, this time before a jury which found him...

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