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COMMONWEALTH v. TOLBERT

430 Pa. 167 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Tolbert, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 21, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Corey Tolbert, appellant, in propria persona.

Roger F. Cox and Michael J. Rotko, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, May 21, 1968:

After two extensive hearings under the Post Conviction Hearing Act in which appellant's 1953 guilty plea to murder and resultant life sentence were called into question, the hearing court denied all of appellant's claims except his prayer for the right to appeal nunc pro tunc. Pursuant to the grant of relief below, appellant has taken this appeal, although he has done so pro se.

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