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COMMONWEALTH v. HAUSER

450 Pa. 388 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Hauser, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Passon and Joseph Passon, for appellant.

Norris E. Gelman and Milton E. 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 JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

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

This is an appeal from an order below denying post-conviction relief. The appellant, Melvin Hauser, is serving a prison sentence of six to twelve years imposed following an evidentiary hearing on his plea of guilty to murder and an adjudication by the court of guilt of voluntary manslaughter.1 The sole contention is the guilty plea was not "knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered...

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