Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rakus
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 1971No. Appeal, No. 464PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice O’Beien,
On April 1, 1950, after the Commonwealth had rested its case against him for the robbery-murder of the owner of a jewelry store, appellant, Frank Rakus, pled guilty to the charge of murder generally. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment on April 19, 1950.
Appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in 1965. It was denied on February 3, 1966, but on appeal we vacated that order and remanded the record to the court below for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether appellant’s guilty plea was knowingly…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MarshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WaymanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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