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COMMONWEALTH v. GOLDSMITH

452 Pa. 22 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Goldsmith, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Savitt, with him Walsh and Savitt, for appellant.

Maxine J. Stotland, Assistant District Attorney, with her 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 JONES, C.J. EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MANDERINO, May 4, 1973:

Walter Goldsmith, appellant, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment in December, 1958. No appeal was taken. In 1965, appellant filed pro se a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Original trial counsel was appointed by the court to represent the appellant. An order denying relief was affirmed on appeal. Commonwealth ex rel. Goldsmith...

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