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COMMONWEALTH v. SPRUILL

437 Pa. 530 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Spruill, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles A. Klein 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, March 20, 1970:

On October 6, 1966, appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally; he was found guilty of second degree murder and received a sentence of six to twenty years. No appeal was taken. In February of 1968 he filed a petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act, alleging, inter alia, that his plea was involuntary since it was motivated by a coerced confession, and that he was...

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