Commonwealth v. Reid

Opinion by

M!r. Justice Eagen,

On December 16, 1965, David Reid was convicted by a jury in Cambria County of voluntary manslaughter. A motion for a new trial was timely filed, but was later withdrawn. On December 27, 1965, a sentence of imprisonment of from six to twelve years was imposed. No appeal from the judgment was then entered.

In 1967 Reid filed a petition for post-conviction relief; from those proceedings there resulted an agreement between Reid’s counsel and the district attorney that Reid would be permitted to file motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial with the same effect…