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COMMONWEALTH v. GILMER

435 Pa. 569 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Gilmer, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Wassell, for appellant.

Harry P. O'Neill, Assistant District Attorney, and Joseph J. Cimino, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, October 9, 1969:

This case involves the narrow question whether appellant is entitled to a hearing under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. On October 14, 1947, after a jury trial, appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Post trial motions were filed and then withdrawn. Appellant now claims that although he knowingly and voluntarily agreed to the withdrawal of the post trial motions...

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