COMMONWEALTH v. REID


432 Pa. 319 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Reid, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Young, for appellant.

William G. Shahade, Assistant District Attorney, and Ferinand F. Bionaz, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


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

On December 16, 1965, David Reid was convicted by a jury in Cambria County of voluntary manslaughter. A motion for a new trial was timely filed, but was later withdrawn. On December 27, 1965, a sentence of imprisonment of from six to twelve years was imposed. No appeal from the judgment was then entered.

In 1967 Reid filed a petition for post-conviction relief; from those proceedings there resulted an agreement...

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