Commonwealth v. Lofton

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

In 1947 appellant Clarence Lofton entered a plea of guilty to murder generally. After a hearing in the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment.

In 1967 appellant filed a petition seeking relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 1 and after a hear ing at which appellant was represented by counsel, his petition was denied. Although no immediate appeal was taken from the trial court’s denial of appellant’s petition, on May 4, 1971, this Court issued an order granting appellant’s…