COM. v. RYDER


488 Pa. 404 (1980)

412 A.2d 572

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Edward RYDER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Abrams, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Neil Kitrosser, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Edward Ryder, was convicted of murder of the first degree and conspiracy to murder after a jury trial in Philadelphia. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed and denied. Ryder, represented by trial counsel, filed a direct appeal in this Court, and the judgment of sentence was affirmed.1 Ryder then petitioned for...

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