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COMMONWEALTH v. CHRISTIAN

219 Pa.Super. 326 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Christian, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los and Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION PER CURIAM, March 23, 1971:

Order affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY SPAULDING, J.:

I respectfully dissent.

Appellant Hayford Christian was found guilty by a jury in February 1958 of burglary, rape and sodomy. In May 1969, the lower court heard and dismissed appellant's Post Conviction Hearing Act petition in which he alleged that his appeal rights had been denied. The court allowed appellant to file an appeal nunc pro tunc to this Court...

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