Commonwealth v. Reagen

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

On April 15, 1968, Daniel Reagen (appellant) pleaded guilty to a general charge of murder and an additional charge of robbery. After a hearing on the murder charge before a court en banc for the purpose of determining the degree of guilt, the appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant also was sentenced to a term of ten to twenty years on the robbery charge.

In May of 1970, the appellant filed a petition impost-conviction relief, under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, * alleging, inter alia, that he…