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COM. ex rel. HARBOLD v. MYERS

417 Pa. 358 (1965)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Harbold, appellant, in propria persona.

Lewis H. Markowitz, Earl R. Doll, Nevin J. Trout and Elmer M. Morris, Assistant District Attorneys, John T. Miller, First Assistant District Attorney, and Daniel W. Shoemaker, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 16, 1965:

Appellant petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus which would release him from imprisonment. Appellant-petitioner is serving a life sentence imposed in 1962 after a jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. At the jury trial, two court-appointed counsel conducted petitioner's defense.

Following the verdict, counsel for petitioner filed motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.

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