Commonwealth v. Blanton

Opinion

Per Curiam,

This case is before us on a direct appeal nunc pro tunc from the judgment of sentence entered in 1950, and from the order of the lower court entered March 29,1971 denying relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act except as to petitioner’s right to appeal. The appeal challenges, inter alia, the interrogation on cross-examination of appellant concerning prior convictions, as having been in violation of the Act of March 15, 1911, P. L. 20, §1, 19 P.S. §711. Subsequent to submission of the appeal to us, appellant has filed a petition to remand to the post-conviction hearing…