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COM. v. ALEXANDER

495 Pa. 26 (1981)

432 A.2d 182

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. James Bernard ALEXANDER, a/k/a Bernard Alexander.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Henry James (Court-appointed), Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Garrold Tennis, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Almost twenty-seven years ago, on June 28, 1954, appellant James Alexander, pleaded guilty to murder generally and to three counts of aggravated assault and assault with intent to kill.1 He was sentenced by the Honorable Joseph Sloan, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, to ten to twenty years for murder of the second degree and to three and one-half to...

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