COMMONWEALTH v. STEPHENSON


433 Pa. 167 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Stephenson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Stephenson, appellant, in propria persona.

Edward G. Rendell 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, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


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

Appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally in 1966 and was found guilty of murder in the second degree. In 1967 appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act alleging that his guilty plea was not knowingly and intelligently entered. After a hearing appellant's petition was denied and appellant took this appeal.

Appellant filed his brief pro se and...

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