Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Freeman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1970No. Appeal, 257Published

1Opinion of the Court

438 Pa. 1 (1970)

Commonwealth

v.

Freeman, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted April 21, 1969.

March 20, 1970.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

J. Joseph McCluskey, for appellant.

Phillip H. Williams, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, March 20, 1970:

On May 15, 1965, Donald Freeman (appellant), while represented by two Court-appointed counsel, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree. No post-trial motions were filed. On June 7, 1965, he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than…

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  4. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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