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COM. ex rel. LAGANA v. DAY

385 Pa. 338 (1956)

Commonwealth ex rel. Lagana, Appellant, v. Day.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I.M. Czap, with him John Lagana, in propria persona, for appellant.

Francis A. Biunno, Assistant District Attorney, with him Christopher F. Edley, Jerome B. Appel, and Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorneys, James N. Lafferty, Deputy District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, May 25, 1956:

On May 9, 1940, petitioner pleaded guilty to a bill of indictment charging him with murder. Three Judges found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Commonwealth proved that petitioner and two co-defendants conspired to rob one John S. Morrison; that they went to his apartment and tied and gagged Morrison's housekeeper, who died of strangulation.

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