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COMMONWEALTH v. MOTLEY

448 Pa. 110 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Motley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued January 18, 1972.

April 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob P. Hart, for appellant.

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

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 20, 1972:

Appellant Matthew Motley, after trial by jury in 1962, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal was then taken from the judgment of sentence.

In 1967, appellant filed a petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act,1 alleging, inter alia, that he had been denied his right to appeal and to free counsel on appeal if he is indigent...

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