Commonwealth v. Frankenhauser

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court of Bucks County, dated May 6, 1976, denying appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act.

*327Appellant, Paul A. Frankenhauser, was arrested on May 29, 1952, on charges of rape and other related offenses. He was on that date committed to the Bucks County Prison where he remained until sentencing. Upon guilty pleas entered on the above charges appellant was sentenced on January 2, 1953, pursuant to the provisions of the Barr-Walker Act,1 to confinement in a state institution for an indefinite period ranging…