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Commonwealth v. James

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 9, 1970No. Appeal, 407PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

On Jane 1, 1954, the appellant, Isaac James, in the presence of and upon the advice of legal counsel entered a general plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with murder in the then Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery of Philadelphia County. The plea was accepted by a three-judge court, which then conducted an evidentiary hearing and adjudged James guilty of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life. No appeal was entered from the judgment.

In 1968, James instituted post-conviction relief proceedings under the Act…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. GodfreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AgieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. TriplettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. McCloskeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Commonwealth v. PyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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