COMMONWEALTH v. RILEY


444 Pa. 498 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Riley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Walsh, for appellant.

Peter S. Greenberg 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. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, October 12, 1971:

On March 19, 1962, appellant, represented by Court-appointed counsel, entered pleas of guilty to murder generally on two bills of indictment. A Court en banc heard three days of testimony and, after arguments, adjudged appellant guilty of first-degree murder on each bill and sentenced him to life imprisonment on each bill. No appeal was taken from either judgment of sentence.

Appellant filed a habeas corpus...

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