Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Conner

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 7, 1975No. 25PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On June 13, 1969, the appellant, John R. Conner, while represented by privately-retained counsel, was found guilty by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. Post trial motions were denied, and a sentence of six to twelve years imprisonment was imposed. A counseled appeal to this Court resulted in the affirmance of the judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Conner, 445 Pa. 36, 282 A.2d 23 (1971). Subsequent attempts to obtain federal habeas corpus relief proved unsuccessful.

On June 17, 1974, Conner filed an uncounseled petition in the trial court pursuant to the…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. MinnickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Commonwealth v. CornitcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. ConnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Satchell v. Insurance Placement FacilitySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. SangriccoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. AdamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Shumaker v. LEARSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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