Commonwealth ex rel. Rocco v. Maroney

Weiner, J.,

— Petitioner was arrested on December 6, 1960, charged with criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, and as an accessory before the fact to a robbery, to wit, the robbery of the Roscoe, Pennsylvania, bank on February 4, 1960.

*37Petitioner pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released under $20,000 bond after a lengthy trial, and when represented by competent counsel, the jury found petitioner guilty. On September 29,1961, he was sentenced to the Western State Correctional Institution for a term of three to six years imprisonment, on the charge of accessory before the fact and from…