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COMMONWEALTH v. LITTLEJOHN

446 Pa. 135 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Littlejohn, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Sagot, for appellant.

Joseph D. Grano 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 BARBIERI, December 29, 1971:

This is an appeal from the dismissal without a hearing by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County of appellant's petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA).1

In 1961 appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the poisoning of his wife and sentenced to serve a life term in prison. No direct appeal...

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