Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ross v. Botula
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hoffman, J.,
In 1960, James Ross, appellant, was sentenced to imprisonment for larceny. This sentence followed a plea of guilty by appellant who was without the assistance of counsel at any stage of the proceedings.
In 1965, appellant, again without counsel, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County. The petition was denied on January 21, 1965, without a hearing. The appeal from that denial is presently before us.
The single question in this case is whether appellant effectively waived his constitutional right to counsel.
The Commonwealth…
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