COM. v. DOWLING


482 Pa. 608 (1978)

394 A.2d 488

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Theodore DOWLING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Atkins, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edward G. Rendell, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Dep. Dist. Atty. for Law, Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., James Garrett, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant, Theodore Dowling, was arrested on February 24, 1975 and charged with criminal homicide and conspiracy in the beating death of one Virgil Free. Appellant retained counsel and, on August 22, 1975, entered a plea of guilty on both counts in return for the Commonwealth's certification that the killing did not rise above murder of the third degree. Following a colloquy conducted by...

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