Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Biebighauser
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 19, 1973No. Appeal, 13PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pomeroy,
The appellant was convicted by a jury in 1963 of the first degree murder of one Mary Lynn Crotty. No post-trial motions were filed at that time and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1970 appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1580, §1, 19 P.S. §1180-1 et seq., asserting that he had failed to appeal his conviction because of fear of the imposition of the death penalty on retrial. After a hearing appellant was permitted to file post-trial motions nunc pro tunc. See Commonwealth v.…
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3Cited by55 opinions
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