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COMMONWEALTH v. MELTON

465 Pa. 529 (1976)

351 A.2d 221

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Carl MELTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Natali, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Mark Sendrow, Asst. Dist. Atty., Asst. Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

This is an appeal from the order of the court below entered after an evidentiary hearing denying appellant relief1 under the Post Conviction Hearing Act ("P.C.H. A.").2 The hearing was held pursuant to our decision of November 17, 1972, wherein we reversed the order of the trial court dismissing appellant's P.C.H.A. petition without a hearing.

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