COMMONWEALTH v. MUSSER


220 Pa.Super. 269 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Musser, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Sorrentino, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

D. Richard Eckman, Assistant District Attorney, and Clarence C. Newcomer, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, and CERCONE, JJ.


OPINION BY SPAULDING, J., December 13, 1971:

Appellant, Gerald Musser, plead guilty to charges of conspiracy, assault with intent to kill, and robbery in November 1967. He now asserts that his plea was invalid because it was coerced by the treatment he received while awaiting trial in the Lancaster County Prison.1

Appellant alleged in his post-conviction petition and at the hearing before Judge W. Hensel BROWN that during the three...

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