Commonwealth v. Hairston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Judge:
Appellant Wade Douglas Hairston appeals the trial court’s summary dismissal of his pro se and supplemental PCHA1 petitions. We reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing.
The record indicates that appellant entered guilty pleas to charges of murder,2 robbery3 and burglary4 on April 19, 1977. Upon accepting the plea, the trial court conducted a degree of guilt hearing concerning the murder plea and found appellant guilty of murder in the second degree. Appellant was immediately sentenced to a term of life imprisonment on the murder charge and ten to twenty years on the robbery…
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TarverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. LowerySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Commonwealth v. LynchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. WallaceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Larry Gene Hull v. Kenneth Kyler, Superintendent Pa Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Commonwealth v. HudsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. BlystoneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Commonwealth v. PetersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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