COMMONWEALTH v. CROWSON


450 Pa. 218 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Crowson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome E. Furman, for appellant.

Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawfora, 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 POMEROY, January 19, 1973:

The appellant James A. Crowson pleaded guilty in 1957 to a charge of murder generally. In a subsequent hearing, guilt was fixed at murder in the first degree and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. Although no appeal was taken from that judgment of sentence, the appellant has pursued various collateral remedies in the intervening years.

In 1964 appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus...

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