COMMONWEALTH v. MONTGOMERY


469 Pa. 374 (1976)

366 A.2d 221

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Robert Lee MONTGOMERY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Sughrue, Public Defender, Richard H. Milgrub, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Richard A. Bell, Dist. Atty., or appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal arises from a guilty plea by appellant, Robert Lee Montgomery, to a general charge of murder in connection with the deaths of Dorothy Knepp and Donald Snyder. On August 13, 1973, appellant was adjudged guilty of two counts of murder in the first degree and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows. On January 22...

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