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COMMONWEALTH v. FISHER

422 Pa. 134 (1966)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Fisher.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Richard Eshelman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

Peter F. Cianci, with him Jane Ludwig Worley, for defendant.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, June 24, 1966:

Larry Martin Fisher was arrested in Berks County on the charge of murdering his grandmother. Upon his request and averment of indigency, counsel was appointed by the court to represent him. An action in habeas corpus was instituted which the lower court dismissed. On appeal, we affirmed: 418 Pa. 356, 211 A.2d 457 (1965).

After his indictment for the crime of murder, counsel, on Fisher...

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