COMMONWEALTH v. RITCHEY


431 Pa. 269 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Ritchey, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ritchey, appellant, in propria persona.

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 ROBERTS, September 5, 1968:

Appellant's petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act was dismissed by the hearing court and the denial of relief was affirmed per curiam by the Superior Court. We granted leave to file a petition for allocatur to examine appellant's claimed denial of his right to counsel.

Petitioner was one of three inmates in the State Correctional Institution at Rockview, Centre County, who escaped on October 29, 1958...

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