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COM. ex rel. O'LOCK v. RUNDLE.

415 Pa. 515 (1964)

Commonwealth ex rel. O'Lock, Appellant, v. Rundle.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 10, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O'Lock, appellant, in propria persona.

Earl Richard Etzweiler, Assistant District Attorney, and Martin H. Lock, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 10, 1964:

In 1944, John O'Lock was indicted on numerous bills charging various felonious offenses, including several burglaries. Without the assistance of counsel at any stage, he entered pleas of guilty to all charges and was sentenced to an aggregate of 20 1/2 to 41 years imprisonment.

In 1951, with the aid of counsel, O'Lock filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, the basic allegation of which was that he was...

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