COM. ex rel. BOSTIC v. CAVELL


424 Pa. 573 (1967)

Commonwealth ex rel. Bostic, Appellant, v. Cavell.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston Bostic, appellant, in propria persona.

A. Thomas Parke, III, Assistant District Attorney, and A. Alfred Delduco, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


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

Preston Bostic, petitioner, initially entered a plea of not guilty in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Chester County to an indictment charging him with murder. After four jurors had been accepted on voir dire, petitioner's counsel requested a recess. Following the recess, petitioner withdrew his plea and entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Thereafter, on July...

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