COM. ex rel. DeMOSS v. CAVELL


423 Pa. 597 (1967)

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gus Alfred DeMoss, appellant, in propria persona.

Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, January 4, 1967:

Petitioner, Gus Alfred DeMoss, is one of four men convicted of the 1955 felony murder of Lulu Rossman, the others being Raymond Wilson, R.W. Thomas, and Frank Ellsworth. This Court has affirmed the life sentence, imposed after separate trials, of all the defendants except Ellsworth; twice we have granted Ellsworth a new trial because of errors below. Commonwealth v. DeMoss...

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