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COM. v. WILLIS

492 Pa. 310 (1981)

424 A.2d 876

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Russell WILLIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Corbett, Jr., David G. Metinko, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

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

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act1 [PCHA]. Appellant, Russell Willis, represented by private counsel, was found guilty of murder of the third degree and robbery with a weapon. Following the denial of post-verdict motions appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of ten to twenty years. By new counsel from the Allegheny County...

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