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COM. v. HOSACK

485 Pa. 128 (1979)

401 A.2d 327

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Donald Russell HOSACK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross E. Cardas, Mercer (Court-appointed), for appellant.

David B. Douds, Asst. Dist. Atty., Mercer, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

On September 9, 1968, appellant, Donald Russell Hosack, pleaded guilty in the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County to murder generally and two counts of rape. A three-judge panel held a degree-of-guilt hearing and found him guilty of murder of the first degree. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life for murder and ten to twenty years on each count of rape, the sentences...

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