COM. v. BUTLER


495 Pa. 82 (1981)

432 A.2d 590

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. George BUTLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Halley, Court-appointed, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, George Butler, was found guilty of murder of the first degree on October 11, 1974, for the beating death of Captain Walter Peterson, a corrections officer at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh. Post-verdict motions, filed nunc pro tunc, were denied, and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on September 30, 1975. No direct appeal was taken.

On June 30, 1977, appellant...

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