COM. v. WESTBROOK


484 Pa. 534 (1979)

400 A.2d 160

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James WESTBROOK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 16, 1979.

Reargument Denied May 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Lunenfeld, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., James Garrett, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, James Westbrook, was convicted in 1972 in a nonjury trial of aggravated robbery. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to two and one-half to seven years' imprisonment. No direct appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence.

In 1974, appellant filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act, alleging, inter alia, that he had been ...

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