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COMMONWEALTH v. FLOYD

451 Pa. 366 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Floyd, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert B. Abramson, for appellant.

James Shellenberger and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, 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:

Eugene Floyd, appellant, was convicted of first degree murder in 1958. Post-trial motions were timely filed, but later withdrawn. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1965, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the voluntariness of his confession. Relief was denied and this Court affirmed. Commonwealth ex rel. Floyd v. Rundle,

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