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COMMONWEALTH v. BUTLER

443 Pa. 545 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Butler, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Richard Klein, Public Defender, for appellant.

William H. Lamb, Assistant District Attorney, and Norman J. Pine, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, June 28, 1971:

Hercules Butler was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in 1957. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed, but thereafter were withdrawn by Butler's Court-appointed attorneys, and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. Since that time, Butler has filed a series of petitions, both for habeas corpus and under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, all of which have been denied. The Opinion...

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