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COMMONWEALTH v. PEOPLES

456 Pa. 274 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Peoples, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Stack, Jr., Christian T. Mattie, III, and O'Halloran, Stack & Smith, P.C., for appellant.

Judith Dean and David Richman, Assistant District Attorneys, 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 O'BRIEN, May 23, 1974:

Appellant, Roosevelt Peoples, was indicted for carrying a concealed deadly weapon, unlawfully carrying a firearm and murder. On September 20, 1972, appellant, represented by counsel, entered a guilty plea to a general charge of murder and was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The other indictments were nolle prossed. No direct appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence. On January 31, 1973, appellant filed...

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