COMMONWEALTH v. HANES


437 Pa. 523 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Hanes, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Daghir, for appellant.

Norbert J. Powell, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 20, 1970:

Appellant pleaded guilty to murder in 1962; he was then found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to ten to twenty years in prison. No appeal was taken. In 1969 he filed a Post Conviction Hearing Act petition alleging, inter alia, that his plea was not voluntarily entered, that he was denied his right to appeal, and that the absence of the transcript from the degree of guilt hearing made proper review impossible...

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