Commonwealth v. Hammond

Opinion by

Spaulding, J.,

This is an appeal by Herbert Clair Hammond, defendant-appellant, from the order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Franklin County denying appellant’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act.

In 1960, appellant entered pleas of guilty in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Franklin County to two charges, each containing one count of burglary and one of larceny. He received a sentence of 2 to 5 years on the first and 1 to 5 years on the second, the sentences to run consecutively.

In 1964, he filed a pro se habeas corpus petition alleging that he was not…