Commonwealth v. Lawson

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal by defendant from the Order entered March 14, 1968, dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief, after his conviction of murder.

Defendant was indicted on a bill of indictment charging murder and voluntary manslaughter of Jack William Allison. While represented by counsel, he pleaded guilty to murder, and after a hearing by a Court en banc, defendant was adjudged guilty of murder in the second degree. Thereafter, to wit, on May 9, 1951, he was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of not less than four nor more than eight years. *472No…