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COM. ex rel. ASHMON v. BANMILLER

391 Pa. 141 (1958)

Commonwealth ex rel. Ashmon, Appellant, v. Banmiller.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 6, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse Ashmon, appellant, in propria persona.

William H. Saye, Assistant District Attorney, and H.F. Dowling, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, January 6, 1958:

The appellant, who is serving a life sentence in the Eastern State Penitentiary for murder, appeals from an order of the court below dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

When, as defendant, the appellant was arraigned on the indictment charging him with murder, he entered a plea of guilty. But, at the hearing before the court for the taking of testimony in order to fix the degree of the crime...

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