Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 1967No. Appeal, 83PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
George M. Snyder was convicted in 1961 of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of 6 to 12 years. After new trial motions asserting several evidentiary errors were denied, Snyder appealed to this Court which affirmed his conviction. Commonwealth v. Snyder, 408 Pa. 253, 182 A. 2d 495 (1962). On May 23, 1966 appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. The court below appointed coun sel, denied Snyder’s request for a hearing and after argument dismissed the petition.
In this appeal from dismissal of the post conviction petition, Snyder…
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3Cited by92 opinions
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