COMMONWEALTH v. WOOD


425 Pa. 612 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Wood, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mervyn R. Turk, First Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorney, with him Vram S. Nedurian, Assistant District Attorney, Paul R. Sand, First Assistant District Attorney, and Jacques H. Fox, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, May 24, 1967:

In February 1964, Jerry H. Wood, while represented by counsel entered a plea of guilty in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware County to an indictment charging him with burglary and larceny. Following a guilty plea hearing, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of three to six years.

In March 1966, Wood filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580,...

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