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COMMONWEALTH v. COLEMAN

430 Pa. 438 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Coleman, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defender, and Herman I. Pollock, Defender, for appellant.

Joel S. Moldovsky 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, July 1, 1968:

This is an appeal from a denial, after hearing, of appellant Coleman's application under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. Appellant's post-conviction application attacked his 1965 guilty plea to murder (after a certification by the Commonwealth of guilt in the second degree, a sentence of 5 to 10 years was imposed) on six grounds: (1) the admission of a statement obtained at a time when representation by counsel is required...

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