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COM. ex rel. BLACKSHEAR v. MYERS

419 Pa. 151 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. Blackshear, Appellant, v. Myers.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 29, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Blackshear, appellant, in propria persona.

Gordon Gelfond and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, September 29, 1965:

On December 7, 1945, the appellant, Willie Blackshear, in the presence of court-appointed counsel, plead guilty generally to an indictment charging him with the murder of his mother-in-law.1 Subsequently, a hearing was held before a three-judge court and he was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal...

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