COM. ex rel. NEWSOME v. MYERS


422 Pa. 240 (1966)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon L. Newsome, appellant, in propria persona.

Leslie B. Handler, Assistant District Attorney, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


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

In 1963, appellant was convicted in a trial by jury of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years. Throughout the proceedings, appellant, an indigent, was represented by court appointed counsel. No post trial motions were filed or appeal taken from the judgment of conviction or sentence.

Subsequently, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the court...

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