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COMMONWEALTH v. GARRETT

439 Pa. 58 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Garrett, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 27, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Duffy, for appellant.

A. Thomas Parke, III, Assistant District Attorney, and Norman J. Pine, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, May 27, 1970:

John Edward Garrett, Jr. was arraigned upon a bill of indictment for the crime of murder, to which he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. On February 27, 1967, when the case was called for trial, defendant, while represented by a Court-appointed counsel, withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered (on the bill) an endorsed plea of guilty to the crime of voluntary manslaughter. Defendant was sentenced...

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