COMMONWEALTH v. HARGROVE


462 Pa. 563 (1975)

342 A.2d 77

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Morris HARGROVE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dean, John H. Corbett, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John J. Hickton, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Asst. Dist. Atty., R.L. Campbell, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On February 4, 1963, the appellant, Morris Hargrove, while assisted by counsel, entered a plea of guilty to murder in Allegheny County. An evidentiary hearing followed after which Hargrove was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. A direct appeal from the judgment of sentence is now before us.1

Herein, the validity of Hargrove's 1963...

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