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COMMONWEALTH v. STOKES

426 Pa. 265 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Stokes, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Vram Nedurian, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorney, John R. Graham, First Assistant District Attorney, and Paul R. Sand, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, July 27, 1967:

Following a plea of guilty,1 appellant Robert Stokes was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 7½ nor more than 15 years. On August 3, 1966 appellant filed an application for collateral relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act2 alleging, inter alia, that he had been denied his absolute right to...

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