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COM. ex rel. ADDERLEY v. MYERS

418 Pa. 366 (1965)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Adderley, 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, June 30, 1965:

On May 8, 1957, the appellant, Charles L. Adderley, was indicted for murder.1 On June 25, 1957, while represented by court-appointed counsel, he entered a general plea of guilty to the indictment, and, after an extensive hearing before a three-judge court, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal from the judgment was entered.

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