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COMMONWEALTH v. SCOLERI

432 Pa. 571 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Scoleri, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 27, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Morris, for appellant.

Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, with him Benjamin H. Levintow and Joseph M. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, November 27, 1968:

On September 30, 1964, Anthony Scoleri was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree and the penalty fixed at death. A motion for a new trial was denied on July 26, 1965 and judgment of sentence entered. Scoleri did not appeal from that judgment of sentence.

Thereafter, on October 15, 1965, Scoleri filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus which, after hearing, was denied on order of the Court...

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