Commonwealth v. Ligon

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Nix,

In 1953, appellant pled guilty to murder generally to two separate bills of indictment charging murder and, after a court en banc made a finding of first degree in both cases, he was sentenced to two concurrent life terms. No direct appeal was taken from the judgments of sentence.

In June, 1968, appellant first challenged his sentences in a pro se Post Conviction Hearing Act 1 petition alleging: (a) the denial of appellate rights; (b) the use of a coerced confession; (c) the denial of the right of counsel at pre-trial and post-trial proceedings; (d) abridgement of a…