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COM. v. ELLIS

488 Pa. 594 (1980)

413 A.2d 384

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Johnny Lee ELLIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Palmquist, Monaca, for appellant.

John Lee Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaver, for appellee.

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

OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Johnny Lee Ellis appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County which denied Ellis' amended post-conviction petition after a counselled hearing. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The record reveals the following:

On September 13, 1976, Ellis was arrested on charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter in connection...

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