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COM. ex rel. WHITE v. MYERS

419 Pa. 244 (1965)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 13, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry B. White, appellant, in propria persona.

Clarence C. Newcomer, First Assistant District Attorney, and Wilson Bucher, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, October 13, 1965:

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a defendant who was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Petitioner alleges that (1) on November 23, 1959, while intoxicated and extremely angry, he shot and wounded his estranged wife; (2) he then turned himself in to the State Police and made and signed a statement that he shot his wife.

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