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COMMONWEALTH v. WHITE

446 Pa. 378 (1972)

Commonwealth v. White, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F.G. Smith, for appellant.

J. Bruce McKissock and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 20, 1972:

On September 7, 1949, Joseph White with the assistance of counsel entered a general plea of guilty to the charge of murder, and, after an evidentiary hearing before a three-judge court, was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 No appeal was entered.

In April 1971, White filed a petition seeking post-conviction relief, which was denied...

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