Commonwealth ex rel. Anderson v. Myers

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from an Order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

On June 12 and 13, 1963, defendant-relator while represented by counsel pleaded guilty to a charge of murder. After hearing testimony and considering the evidence, the Court of Oyer and Terminer found defendant-relator guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced him to ten to twenty years.

Defendant-relator contends that he was deprived of his Constitutional rights for the following reasons: (1) *22there was no evidence to…