COM. ex rel. ARCHAMBAULT v. RUSSELL


421 Pa. 33 (1966)

Commonwealth ex rel. Archambault, Appellant, v. Russell.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 22, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard E. Archambault, appellant, in propria persona.

Ronald M. McCaskill 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 BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 22, 1966:

This is an appeal from an order below dismissing an action in habeas corpus without hearing. Appellant is confined under a sentence of life imprisonment entered in accordance with a jury's verdict following his trial and conviction of first degree murder.

Appellant now complains that his conviction was secured by the admission at trial of constitutionally invalid evidence, namely, a written confession given by...

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