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COMMONWEALTH v. SHANK

446 Pa. 59 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Shank, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Shank, appellant, in propria persona.

T. Michael Mather and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, December 29, 1971:

In a Post Conviction Hearing Act petition, appellant alleged that his guilty plea was not voluntarily and intelligently entered. He had pleaded guilty to murder generally and had been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of six to twelve years' imprisonment. His assertion is that his guilty plea could not have been knowingly and intelligently entered inasmuch as the plea was accompanied by...

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