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COM. ex rel. BOATWRIGHT v. HENDRICK

436 Pa. 336 (1970)

Commonwealth ex rel. Boatwright, Appellant, v. Hendrick.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard L. Segal, with him Needleman, Needleman, Segal & Tabb, for appellant.

James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, with him Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, January 9, 1970:

This is an appeal from the Order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Criminal Section, dismissing defendant's pre-trial petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The defendant, Richard Boatwright, was arrested at about midnight on December 3, 1968, and charged with the murder of Adolph Keys. The killing occurred at about 5:00 P.M. on the afternoon of that day. Defendant was given a preliminary...

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