COMMONWEALTH v. ALLEN


442 Pa. 102 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Allen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Katz, Michael J. Stack, Jr., and Donsky, Katz, Levin & Bashman, for appellant.

Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, 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, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, March 18, 1971:

Appellant James Allen, while represented by counsel, pleaded guilty to murder, and in 1957 was sentenced to life imprisonment. This is a so-called silent record case, for there was no indication on the record that appellant's guilty plea was voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently entered. Although no direct appeal was taken, the instant petition represents the fourth in a series of appellant's post-conviction...

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