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COMMONWEALTH v. MOUNT

443 Pa. 245 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Mount, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Feldman, with him Robert E. Lenton, for appellant.

Edward G. Rendell, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, June 28, 1971:

We must here decide whether our mandate in appellant's prior collateral attack was adequately followed. Our review of the record of the hearing on remand indicates substantial misunderstanding existed on the part of the hearing court as to the exact scope of its inquiry. While we are reluctant to remand the case yet again, we can see no other alternative.

The facts surrounding appellant's conviction of murder...

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