COMMONWEALTH v. DOOLEY


209 Pa.Super. 519 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Dooley, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Forssell, Jr., for appellant.

Paul D. Shafer, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him John Fuller, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

James M. Carter and Marjorie Hanson Matson, for amicus curiae.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, and SPAULDING, JJ.


OPINION BY ERVIN, P.J., June 16, 1967:

The appellant, John Dooley, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent to ravish on November 12, 1964. He was not sentenced pursuant to the provisions of The Penal Code, June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 722, 18 PS § 4722. Dooley was sentenced instead on February 5, 1965 to a term of one day to life under the Barr-Walker Act, January 8, 1952, P.L. (1951) 1851, 19 PS §§ 1166-1174. The procedures under which...

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