COMMONWEALTH v. KEEN


457 Pa. 464 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Keen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis H. Eisman, Gerald A. Stein, Jay S. Gottlieb, and Needleman, Needleman, Tabb & Eisman, Ltd., for appellant.

Louis A. Perez, Jr., 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 PER CURIAM, October 16, 1974:

After the denial of his application to suppress a statement which he had given to the police, the appellant, John James Keen, in 1970, pleaded guilty to murder. He was then convicted of murder of the second degree and received a sentence of ten to twenty years imprisonment. In 1972, appellant petitioned for post-conviction relief. Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P...

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