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COMMONWEALTH v. WHITE

442 Pa. 611 (1971)

Commonwealth v. White, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Friedman, for appellant.

Mark Sendrow and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION PER CURIAM, March 18, 1971:

Appellant, while represented by counsel, on June 25, 1956, pleaded guilty to murder generally. He was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. No direct appeal from the judgment of sentence was taken.

In April of 1969, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, which alleged that his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered,

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