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COM. ex rel. NORMAN v. BANMILLER

395 Pa. 232 (1959)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 6, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher F. Edley, with him Lewis Tanner Moore, and Moore, Lightfoot & Edley, for appellant.

Charles Lee Durham, Assistant District Attorney, with him Juanita Kidd Stout, Assistant District Attorney, James N. Lafferty, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN and BOK, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, April 6, 1959:

Petitioner was convicted in May, 1949, on eight bills of indictment charging armed robberies, and was sentenced to 80 to 160 years. On July 1, 1949, he was convicted by a jury of first degree murder occurring during a robbery on March 12, 1949, in which he shot and killed Herman Weintraub, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Petitioner on February 10, 1958, applied for a writ of habeas corpus from his conviction...

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