COMMONWEALTH v. WALLACE


427 Pa. 110 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Wallace, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold N. Fitzkee, Jr., with him Fluhrer, Medill & Shelley, for appellant.

P. Nelson Alexander, Assistant District Attorney, with him John F. Rauhauser, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, September 26, 1967:

The sole question presented by this appeal under the Post Conviction Hearing Act1 is whether the court below erred in denying appellant's petition without affording him a hearing in order to determine whether he knowingly and effectively waived his absolute right to appellate review. See, e.g., Commonwealth ex rel. Robinson v. Myers,

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