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COMMONWEALTH v. LITTLE

455 Pa. 163 (1974)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Little.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

John H. Corbett, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with him John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellee.

Bernard J. McGowan, for Cyril H. Wecht, intervenor.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, January 24, 1974:

In this case, the Commonwealth has appealed from a final order in a proceeding under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq. We are obliged to review the hearing judge's conclusion that the court which accepted appellee's guilty plea and handed down his sentence lacked jurisdiction in the case.

Appellee Robert Little was arrested on September...

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