COMMONWEALTH v. LIGON


454 Pa. 455 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Ligon, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 19, 1973.


OPINION BY: NIX

In 1953, appellant pled guilty to murder generally to two separate bills of indictment charging murder and, after a court en banc made a finding of first degree in both cases, he was sentenced to two concurrent life terms. No direct appeal was taken from the judgments of sentence.

In June, 1968, appellant first challenged his sentences in a pro se Post Conviction Hearing Act1

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