COMMONWEALTH v. MAGEE


428 Pa. 186 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Magee, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith L. Magee, appellant, in propria persona.

Michael M. Palmisano, Assistant District Attorney, and Richard F. Brabender, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 3, 1968:

The appellant, Keith Magee, was convicted by a jury in Erie County on February 16, 1954, of murder in the first degree, and the punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was dismissed, and judgment of sentence imposed in accordance with the jury's verdict. No appeal was filed from the judgment.

In December 1966, Magee filed a petition for post-conviction relief which the lower court dismissed...

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