Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rightnour
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 19, 1973No. Appeal, 23PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
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Apjjellant, Leon Ernest Bightnour, was convicted in 196(1 of the first degree murder of his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal we affirmed by an evenly divided court. Commonwealth v. Rightnour, 4 35 Pa. 104, 253 A. 2d 644 (1969). In 1970, appellant filed an uncounselled petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 1 which was dismissed without a hearing. This appeal is from that dismissal.
Subsequent to the submission of the case to this Court, appellant filed a pro se petition alleging that the appeal brief submitted by petitioner's appointed eouwsel, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. McCuskerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LiskaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. DilbeckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974