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COM. v. TARVER

491 Pa. 253 (1980)

420 A.2d 438

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Foster Lee TARVER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce D. Foreman, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre, First Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, JR., LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

On June 2, 1969, the appellant, Foster Lee Tarver, pleaded guilty to murder generally in Dauphin County. After an evidentiary hearing, he was adjudged guilty of murder of the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. A direct appeal was taken to this Court and we affirmed. Commonwealth v. Tarver, 446 Pa. 233, 284 A.2d 759 (1971).

In June, 1974, appellant filed a petition under...

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