COMMONWEALTH v. METZ


425 Pa. 188 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Metz, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph I. Lewis, for appellant.

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

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 18, 1967:

In February 1957, Roy James Metz while represented by counsel entered a general plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife. Judge ELLENBOGEN of Allegheny County accepted the plea after first ascertaining that the decision to so plead was appellant's. During the subsequent hearing, however, appellant testified that his wife's death was the result of an accidental shooting. The court, which...

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