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COMMONWEALTH v. CHASE

449 Pa. 341 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Chase, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith B. Gephart, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy District Attorney, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, November 17, 1972:

On January 22, 1958, appellant, Charles R. Chase, was found guilty by a jury of the first-degree murder of his wife. The jury fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was timely filed and subsequently denied. Commonwealth v. Chase, 73 Dauphin 138 (1958). No appeal was then taken from the judgment of sentence.

Appellant subsequently filed...

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