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COMMONWEALTH v. BROWN

436 Pa. 423 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Brown, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

Nicholas Sellers 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, January 9, 1970:

In 1962, appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally. Following a hearing, he was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to five to fifteen years imprisonment. No appeal was taken. In 1967 he filed a petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act, alleging that his plea was involuntary, that he was guilty of voluntary manslaughter at most, and that he was unconstitutionally denied his right to appeal...

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