COMMONWEALTH v. BRUNO

J-47

466 Pa. 245 (1976)

352 A.2d 40

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John Harry BRUNO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Quinlan, King of Prussia, for appellant.

Milton O. Moss, Dist. Atty., Stewart J. Greenleaf, Norristown, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant John Harry Bruno was arrested on April 26, 1966, and charged with five murders. The trial court, pursuant to a Commonwealth petition, appointed a sanity commission, which, on June 12, 1967, declared appellant incompetent to stand trial. The trial court adopted the commission's findings, committed appellant, and dismissed appellant's writ of habeas corpus. This Court...

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