COM. ex rel. FAIRMAN v. CAVELL


423 Pa. 138 (1966)

Commonwealth ex rel. Fairman, Appellant, v. Cavell.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., for appellant.

W. Thomas Malcolm, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, September 27, 1966:

The appellant, Richard J. Fairman, on January 2, 1961, plead guilty without counsel to district attorney's bills of indictment charging burglary, larceny and receiving stolen goods. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment under which he is presently confined.

On February 8, 1965, he instituted an action in habeas corpus which, after hearing, the trial court dismissed. On appeal, the Superior Court affirmed...

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