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COMMONWEALTH v. BOWER

442 Pa. 379 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Bower, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McClure, Jr., with him McClure & McClure, for appellant.

John R. Moore, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 18, 1971:

On May 29, 1959, John Jacob Bower was convicted by a jury in Union County of murder in the first degree, and punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. No post-trial motions were then filed, and on June 5, 1959, Bower was sentenced in accordance with the jury's verdict. No appeal from the judgment was then entered.

In 1968 following a hearing on a petition for habeas corpus,1 the trial...

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