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COMMONWEALTH v. ROUNDTREE

469 Pa. 241 (1976)

364 A.2d 1359

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William ROUNDTREE, Appellant (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall E. Kresman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

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

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA).1 Appellant, William Roundtree, was convicted in a nonjury trial on February 28, 1973, of murder in the second degree for the stabbing death of one Nathaniel Davis. The murder occurred on November 10, 1966, and appellant was arrested at the scene. A preliminary hearing was held later...

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