Commonwealth v. Senauskas

Opinion- by

Me. Chief Justice Kephart,

Joe Senauskas, found guilty of murder in the first degree by the President Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Warren County after a plea of guilty, and sentenced to be electrocuted, presented his petition to this court asking leave to withdraw his plea for the reason that it was coerced, and requesting the appointment of a judge “to hear the motion for a new trial, arrest of judgment and for an order staying all proceedings until this court had passed upon the petition.” The alleged facts upon which the petition was grounded were as follows: That…