COMMONWEALTH v. EVANS


434 Pa. 52 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Evans, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lewis, Jr., for appellant.

Paul R. Michel and James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 23, 1969:

Appellant is before this Court on a grant of allocatur following the Superior Court's per curiam affirmance of the dismissal after hearing of appellant's petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. There is only one issue presented for adjudication by this appeal: whether it is ever proper for the trial judge to participate in the plea bargaining which so often precedes...

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