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COM. v. PORTA

297 Pa.Super. 298 (1982)

443 A.2d 845

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Benjamin PORTA, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 26, 1982.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied September 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford B. Conn, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BROSKY, POPOVICH and MONTGOMERY, JJ.

POPOVICH, Judge:

Appellant, Benjamin Porta, appeals from the lower court's order denying his request for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act1 (PCHA). We affirm.

On May 12, 1954, appellant, while represented by two attorneys appointed by the trial court, pled guilty before a three-judge-panel to the stabbing death of one Ms. Marian Sommerfield. The trial court, after accepting appellant's first-degree murder plea...

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