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COM ex rel. AMES v. MYERS

419 Pa. 615 (1966)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Ames, 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, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 4, 1966:

Henry Ames, an incarcerated prisoner serving a sentence of 10 to 20 years for the crime of second degree murder, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus which was denied without hearing.

Ames contends his constitutional rights were violated in that (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel for his defense, (2) a statement made by him when he had no counsel was used against him at trial and (3) his plea of guilty...

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