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COMMONWEALTH v. PATTERSON

470 Pa. 618 (1977)

369 A.2d 1163

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles Randolph PATTERSON, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James Lewis PATTERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Oare, Jr., Harrisburg, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy Dist. Atty., Harrisburg, for appellee.

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

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, Charles Randolph Patterson and James Lewis Patterson, are brothers who pleaded guilty to murder on January 6, 1973. Following a degree of guilt hearing, appellants were found guilty of murder in the second degree and each was sentenced to serve ten to twenty years in prison. No post-verdict motions were filed and no appeal was taken.

On April 26, 1974, appellants filed separate but identical petitions under the Post...

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