COM. ex rel. WALLS v. MARONEY


416 Pa. 290 (1965)

Commonwealth ex rel. Walls, Appellant, v. Maroney.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene D. Walls, appellant, in propria persona.

Louis Abromson, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 5, 1965:

On October 21, 1954, the appellant, Eugene David Walls, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree with punishment fixed at life imprisonment. At trial, he was represented by court-appointed counsel, one of whom had previously served as a common pleas judge and an assistant district attorney. No post trial motions were filed, nor was an appeal taken from the judgment of sentence.

On March 11, 1964,...

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