COMMONWEALTH v. CHAMBERS


432 Pa. 253 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Chambers, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lillian G. Raycroft, for appellant.

Charles C. Brown, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, November 12, 1968:

On December 14, 1954, the appellant, Leonard David Chambers (alias Leonard David Soltis), was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. No post-trial motions were filed and the judgment of sentence was imposed as the jury directed. No appeal was entered from the judgment.

In April 1965, in habeas corpus proceedings instituted by Chambers, the judgment and...

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