United States v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

OPINION

FULLAM, District Judge.

On March 29, 1966, the petitioner, Norman Wilcox, was sentenced to a term of not less than five years nor more than ten years in the penitentiary, upon being convicted of rape, after a trial without a jury in Philadelphia County. Subsequently, at argument of his post-trial motions, his minimum sentence was reduced to four years, but the motions were denied in all other respects. The conviction was upheld on direct appeal. Commonwealth v. Wilcox, 208 Pa.Super. 518, 223 A.2d 914 (1966). Relator has twice been denied relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (19…