Commonwealth v. Seachrist

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant was charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter and kidnapping in connection with the beating death of Michael Nelson. The trial court denied appellants pre-trial motion to suppress incriminatory statements as products of unnecessary delay and a jury convicted appellant of murder of the third degree. The court imposed a sentence of imprisonment of ten to twenty years. Appellant did not file post-verdict motions.

Subsequently, appellant sought relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 1 On February 18, 1976, the post conviction hearing court…