Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Slavik
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 30, 1972No. Appeal, 156PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
On November 21, 1968, defendant-appellee, Thomas Slavik, pleaded guilty to murder generally. At the degree of guilt hearing before a three-judge panel 1 defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. Challenging the validity of his guilty plea, he appealed to this Court and on January 30, 1970, we affirmed the judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Slavik, 437 Pa. 354, 261 A. 2d 583 (1970). In July, 1970, Slavik filed a petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 2 again challenging the validity of Ms…
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