COMMONWEALTH v. HERGE


436 Pa. 542 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Herge, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Thomas Andrews, for appellant.

Kenneth E. Fox, Jr., 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:

Appellant Irvin C. Herge is now sixty-five years old. Some twenty-three years ago, he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. No direct appeal was taken. Since that time, however, he has not ceased his efforts to secure some form of post-conviction relief.

On February 6, 1967, appellant filed the present petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. He alleged...

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