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COMMONWEALTH v. PICKETT

456 Pa. 442 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Pickett, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick F. Casey, and Burgess, Casey & Janson, for appellant.

Jeffrey Philip Paul, James T. Ranney 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, July 1, 1974:

The appellant, James Pickett, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder in 1962. Post-trial motions were denied on April 29, 1963, without opinion, and the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken following the denial of post-trial motions. On June 7, 1967, the appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966...

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