COMMONWEALTH v. ADAMS


465 Pa. 389 (1976)

350 A.2d 820

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Carlin ADAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. George Milner, 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

EAGEN, Justice.

On May 15, 1974, appellant, Carlin Adams, assisted by counsel entered a plea of guilty to murder generally and aggravated robbery. The pleas were accepted and the degree of guilt on the murder indictment was found to be murder in the second degree. No post trial motions were filed and on June 20, 1974, Adams was sentenced to ten to twenty years imprisonment on each indictment; the sentences to run concurrently. No direct...

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