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COMMONWEALTH v. BLACKMAN

446 Pa. 61 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Blackman, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Preminger and John W. Packel, Assistant Defenders, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter 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:

On April 14, 1948, appellant, while represented by two court-appointed counsel, pleaded guilty to murder generally in the shooting death of Louis Nelson. A three-judge court, after hearing testimony, found appellant guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to life imprisonment. In November 1970, appellant's sentence was commuted, and he is now on parole.

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