Commonwealth v. Davis

Bowman, J.,

In this ninth of a series of petitions filed under the Post Conviction Hearing Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580, directed to petitioner’s retrial and sentence on four larceny charges, petitioner has raised a question not raised in prior petitions.1

*100Having requested the appointment of counsel to represent him, the Dauphin County Public Defender was so appointed: Commonwealth v. Mitchell, 427 Pa. 395 (1967). Answer to the petition has been filed by the Commonwealth and pursuant to the direction of the court the chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole has…