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COMMONWEALTH v. BEECHAM

450 Pa. 197 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Beecham, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Auerbach, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Vram Nedurian, Jr. and Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorneys, and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, January 19, 1973:

Appellant, William McKinley Beecham, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and larceny on June 2, 1953. He was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than twenty years. No appeal was taken.1

On December 15, 1966, appellant filed a pro se petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act [PCHA], Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, &...

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