Commonwealth v. Johnson

Kurtz, J.,

On April 6, 1956, defendant above named signed a statement on the face of each of two so-called bills in indictment, May Sessions, 1956, nos. 119, charging robbery, and 119A of that session, charging larceny, which read as follows:

“The defendant being arraigned waives the finding of a true bill and enters a plea of guilty.”

Having signed such statements, he then appeared before our court without counsel, at which time sentences were imposed.

Thereafter, on December 17, 1963, while serving the sentence imposed upon the bill charging robbery, he presented his petition to our court of…