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COMMONWEALTH v. MEHOLCHICK

440 Pa. 380 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Meholchick, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Miller, Assistant Public Defender, and Peter J. Webby, Public Defender, for appellant.

Jerry B. Chariton, Assistant District Attorney, Charles D. Lemmond, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and Blythe H. Evans, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 12, 1970:

Raymond Meholchick, charged with the attempted rape and the murder of a young girl, entered a guilty plea to murder generally on February 8, 1945. At the time he was represented by two privately-retained attorneys. At a degree of guilt hearing on July 2, 1945, a three-judge court found him guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Appellant then filed several petitions for...

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