Commonwealth v. Leamer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

G-lenn Learner was indicted on a charge of murder in 1956. Following a plea of guilty he was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death; but his conviction was reversed * after it was found that he had not been competent to stand trial at the time he pleaded guilty.

Learner was again tried on the murder charge in 1958, this time before a jury which found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. Immediately after the jury returned its verdict, Learner’s counsel made an oral motion for a new…