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COMMONWEALTH v. WADDY

463 Pa. 426 (1975)

345 A.2d 179

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John WADDY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert B. Abramson, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellant pleaded guilty to murder generally, was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This Court affirmed that judgment of sentence in Commonwealth v. Waddy, 447 Pa. 262, 290 A.2d 238 (1972).

Subsequently he filed a PCHA petition in which he alleged that his guilty plea was not knowingly and intelligently entered; that...

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