On May 26, 1960, after a jury trial in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Dauphin County, Harold Payton was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On April 25, 1967, Payton filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, by which he sought leave to file post-trial motions nunc pro tunc, and in which he made the following averments: "1....
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