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COMMONWEALTH v. CANNON

442 Pa. 339 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Cannon, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Rothman, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los and Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 25, 1971:

This is an appeal from a dismissal without a hearing of a petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1970).

Appellant James Cannon was found guilty of murder in the first degree following trial by jury and on September 12, 1953, sentenced to life imprisonment. The judgment...

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