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COMMONWEALTH v. WAKELEY

433 Pa. 159 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Wakeley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 15, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Ross Crumlish, with him Crumlish and Kania, for appellant.

James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, with him Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, January 15, 1969:

Appellant, while represented by court-appointed counsel, entered a plea of guilty to murder generally and, after hearing evidence, the court found him guilty of second degree murder. Appellant subsequently was unsuccessful in two habeas corpus proceedings, one of which reached this Court, Commonwealth ex rel. Wakeley v. Myers, 421 Pa. 18

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