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COMMONWEALTH v. HUGHES

427 Pa. 401 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Hughes, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Russell Hughes, appellant, in propria persona.

Thomas P. Ruane, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and John R. Hoye, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 14, 1967:

Ralph Russell Hughes was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1966 after a plea of guilty to murder. Apparently no appeal was taken. On September 28, 1966 the Fayette County Court denied without appointment of counsel a petition brought under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq. (Supp. 1966). A second petition, also under the Post Conviction Hearing...

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