Commonwealth v. Rightnour

469 Pa. 107 (1976)

364 A.2d 927

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Leon Ernest RIGHTNOUR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued June 25, 1975.

Decided October 8, 1976.

Carl G. Wass, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Edwin W. Frese, Jr., Deputy Dist. Atty., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION

The appellant's prior direct appeal to this Court resulted in an affirmance of the judgment of sentence by an equally divided court. Commonwealth v. Rightnour, 435 Pa. 104, 253 A.2d 644 (1969). Appellant later sought post-conviction…