COM. ex rel. RILEY v. RUNDLE


418 Pa. 168 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. Riley, Appellant, v. Rundle.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gettis Riley, appellant, in propria persona.

Benjamin H. Renshaw 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 PER CURIAM, May 25, 1965:

On March 19, 1962, appellant, represented by court appointed counsel, entered pleas of guilty to murder generally on two bills of indictment. A court en banc heard three days of testimony and arguments and adjudged appellant guilty of first degree murder on each bill and sentenced him to life imprisonment on each bill. No appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence.

On January 14, 1964, appellant filed a petition for writ...

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