COMMONWEALTH v. KEISER


439 Pa. 67 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Keiser, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm J. Gross, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Wardell F. Steigerwalt, Assistant District Attorney, and George J. Joseph, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 28, 1970:

On September 26, 1967 appellant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder. A subsequent degree of guilt hearing resulted in a finding that appellant had committed murder in the second degree, and in the imposition of a ten to twenty year sentence. In April of 1969 appellant filed a PCHA petition which alleged, inter alia, that his guilty plea was not knowingly and intelligently entered because he was not informed...

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