COMMONWEALTH v. McKELLAR


425 Pa. 128 (1967)

Commonwealth v. McKellar, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton McKellar, appellant, in propria persona.

Edwin J. Martin and Charles B. Watkins, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION PER CURIAM, April 18, 1967:

Carlton McKellar, the appellant, stabbed to death his victim, a 14-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty and the Court sentenced him to undergo a term of imprisonment of not less than ten or more than 20 years at the Pennsylvania Institution for Defective Delinquents at Dallas, Pennsylvania.

On September 13, 1966, he filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act of 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580 for unspecific relief. The petition...

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