Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Roundtree
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 20, 1976No. 546; 48PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JONES, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA). 1 Appellant, William Roundtree, was convicted in a nonjury trial on February 28, 1973, of murder in the second degree for the stabbing death of one Nathaniel Davis. The murder occurred on November 10, 1966, and appellant was arrested at the scene. A preliminary hearing was held later in November 1966 and in December 1966 appellant was indicted for murder.
No action was taken in the case until 1970, when it was listed for trial but then continued.…
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