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COMMONWEALTH v. BUTLER

435 Pa. 46 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Butler, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 27, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Richard Klein, Public Defender, for appellant.

William H. Lamb, Assistant District Attorney, and Norman J. Pine, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, June 27, 1969:

On December 10, 1957, appellant was found guilty of first degree murder after a jury trial at which he was represented by court-appointed counsel. The jury fixed a penalty of life imprisonment, and after motions for new trial and arrest of judgment were filed and withdrawn by appellant's counsel, sentence of life imprisonment was imposed.

Since that time appellant has filed three unsuccessful applications for...

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