COMMONWEALTH v. FARROW


382 Pa. 61 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Farrow, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.A. Guarino, for appellant.

Christopher F. Edley, Assistant District Attorney, with him Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorney, and Samuel Dash, Acting District Attorney, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 23, 1955:

On June 4, 1943, David Farrow, having entered a general plea of guilty to murder, was adjudged guilty of that offense in the first degree by a Court composed of McDEVITT, P.J., SMITH, P.J., and FLOOD, J., which fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. On August 4, 1954, Judge LEVINTHAL following the granting of a writ of habeas corpus, vacated the 1943 judgment, reinstated the indictment...

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